ELLIS v. U.S.

Nos. 01-2055, 01-2067.

313 F.3d 636 (2002)

Edward B. ELLIS, Petitioner, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Goodman, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.

John G.S. Flym, by appointment of the court, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These appeals, which have their genesis in an effort by the petitioner, Edward B. Ellis, to mount a collateral attack on his convictions for interstate transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, present challenging legal questions complicated by a strange procedural twist. That complication arose after the original trial judge denied Ellis's section 2255 petition in part and then recused himself as to the unadjudicated...

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