WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide an issue of first impression in our Circuit: whether a certificate of appealability is required when a federal prisoner obtains relief through a postconviction motion, 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and appeals the decision to correct only the illegal sentence instead of performing a full resentencing...
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