U.S. v. CARRAWAY

No. 06-3226.

478 F.3d 845 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John L. CARRAWAY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Porter, Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John L. Carraway, Pine Knot, KY, prose.

Before COFFEY, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant John L. Carraway appeals pro se from the district court's decision to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, his post-judgment motion seeking relief from his conviction and sentence and the denial of his request for reconsideration. We conclude that the district court correctly treated Carraway's motion as a second or successive request for relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and, because Carraway had not first...

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