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JOHNSON v. U.S.

No. 01-14830.

340 F.3d 1219 (2003)

Robert JOHNSON, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Decided: August 5, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Warren Pope and Courtland L. Reichman (Court-Appointed), King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

John L. Lynch, Columbus, GA, Jessica Joan-Marie Hagen, Macon, GA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BLACK, RONEY and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

BLACK, Circuit Judge:

This case allows us to clarify the time limits in cases where career offenders indirectly attack their federal sentences by first collaterally attacking their prior state convictions. Federal prisoner Robert Johnson brought such an indirect attack on his federal sentence, and he now appeals the district court's denial of his § 2255 petition as untimely. We issued a certificate of appealability...

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