VITRANO v. U.S.

No. 12-1282.

721 F.3d 802 (2013)

Thomas VITRANO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. O'Reilly (argued), Attorney, Ademi & O'Reilly, Cudahy, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gordon P. Giampietro (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before MANION, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


TINDER, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to consider whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Thomas Vitrano's motion to amend his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition. For the reasons that follow, we find no abuse of discretion and affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Vitrano was convicted pursuant to his guilty plea of possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possessing a firearm while subject to a domestic abuse injunction...

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