Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 28, 2003.
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
To appeal from the rejection of his collateral attack under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, William Ellzey needs a certificate of appealability. One potential problem is timeliness: we affirmed his conviction on May 10, 1999, in an unpublished order, and the petition Ellzey filed on May 8, 2000, was a placeholder. It asserts that his lawyer furnished ineffective assistance at sentencing...
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