Case No.: 8:10-cv-1975-T-24 MAP, 8:06-cr-43-T-24 MAP.
September 9, 2010
SUSAN BUCKLEW, District Judge
This cause is before the Court upon Petitioner Michael Cone's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct an allegedly illegal sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2255. (CV Doc. No. 1; CR Doc. No. 412). However, Petitioner did not use the required form for his motion, AO Form 243. See Caley v. LaManna, 2008 WL 2906883, at *3 n. 4 (D.S.C. July 28, 2008) (stating that "[f]ederal prisoners seeking relief from convictions entered in a United States District Court must use a Form AO 243"). As such, the Court denies the motion without prejudice and directs Petitioner to re-file the motion by October 8, 2010 on the appropriate form, which is attached to this Order.
Additionally, the Court notes that Petitioner filed a memorandum that exceeds 100 pages. However, the Local Rules of this Court do not allow memorandums filed in support of a motion to exceed twenty-five pages. Therefore, the Clerk is directed to strike the memorandum and terminate it from the docket sheet. Petitioner is directed to file a memorandum, not exceeding twenty-five pages, with his § 2255 motion by October 8, 2010.
Only 115 pages of the memorandum were sent to the Clerk's office for filing, but the memorandum skips from page 114 to 135. (CV Doc. No. 2).
Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
(1) Petitioner's § 2255 motion is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Petitioner is directed to re-file his Section 2255 motion, using the appropriate form, by October 8, 2010. Failure to do so will result in this Court closing this case without further notice.
(2) The Clerk is directed to strike Petitioner's memorandum (CV Doc. No. 2) and terminate it from the docket sheet.
(3) Petitioner is directed to file a memorandum, not exceeding twenty-five pages, by October 8, 2010.
DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida, this 9th day of September, 2010. MOTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2255 TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR CORRECT SENTENCE BY A PERSON IN FEDERAL CUSTODY
United States District Court include
District Name (under which you were convicted): Docket or Case No.: Place of Confinement: Prisoner No.: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Movant ( name under which convicted) V. MOTION
facts GROUND ONE: __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Direct Appeal of Ground One: Post-Conviction Proceedings: GROUND TWO: __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Direct Appeal of Ground Two: Post-Conviction Proceedings: GROUND THREE: _________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Direct Appeal of Ground Three: Post-Conviction Proceedings: GROUND FOUR: _________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Direct Appeal of Ground Four: Post-Conviction Proceedings: now pending 28 U.S.C. § 2255 28 U.S.C. § 2255 1. (a) Name and location of court which entered the judgment of conviction you are challenging: ______ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Criminal docket or case number (if you know): __________________________________________________ 2. (a) Date of the judgment of conviction (if you know): _____________________________________________ (b) Date of sentencing: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Length of sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Nature of crime (all counts): _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. (a) What was your plea? (Check one) (1) Not guilty [] (2) Guilty [] (3) Nolo contendere (no contest) [] (b) If you entered a guilty plea to one count or indictment, and a not guilty plea to another count or what did you plead guilty to and what did you plead not guilty to? __________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If you went to trial, what kind of trial did you have? (Check one) Jury [] Judge only [] 7. Did you testify at a pretrial hearing, trial, or post-trial hearing? Yes [] No [] 8. Did you appeal from the judgment of conviction? Yes [] No [] 9. If you did appeal, answer the following: (a) Name of court: _________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ (c) Result: ________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) Date of result (if you know): __________________________________________________________________ (e) Citation to the case (if you know): ____________________________________________________________ (f) Grounds raised: ________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (g) Did you file a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court? Yes [] No [] If "Yes," answer the following: (1) Docket or case number (if you know): ______________________________________________________ (2) Result: ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Date of result (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ (4) Citation to the case (if you know): _______________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Other than the direct appeals listed above, have you previously filed any other motions, petitions, or applications, concerning this judgment of conviction in any court? Yes [] No [] 11. If your answer to Question 10 was "Yes," give the following information: (a) (1) Name of court: _____________________________________________________________________________ (2) Docket or case number (if you know): _______________________________________________________ (3) Date of filing (if you know): ______________________________________________________________ (4) Nature of the proceeding: __________________________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (7) Result: ____________________________________________________________________________________ (8) Date of result (if you know): ______________________________________________________________ (b) If you filed any second motion, petition, or application, give the same information: (1) Name of court: _____________________________________________________________________________ (2) Docket of case number (if you know): _______________________________________________________ (3) Date of filing (if you know): ______________________________________________________________ (4) Nature of the proceeding: __________________________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (7) Result: ____________________________________________________________________________________ (8) Date of result (if you know): ______________________________________________________________ (c) Did you appeal to a federal appellate court having jurisdiction over the action taken on your motion, petition, or application? (1) First petition: Yes [] No [] (2) Second petition: Yes [] No [] (d) If you did not appeal from the action on any motion, petition, or application, explain briefly why you did not: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. For this motion, state every ground on which you claim that you are being held in violation of the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. Attach additional pages if you have more than four grounds. State the supporting each ground. (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes [] No [] (2) If you did not raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: ________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) Did you raise this issue in any post-conviction motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (2) If you answer to Question (c)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ____________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: _________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (5) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," did you raise the issue in the appeal? Yes [] No [] (6) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (c)(4) or Question (c)(5) is "No," explain why you did not appeal or raise this issue: _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes [] No [] (2) If you did not raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: ________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) Did you raise this issue in any post-conviction motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (2) If you answer to Question (c)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ____________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: _________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (5) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," did you raise the issue in the appeal? Yes [] No [] (6) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: _____________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): _____________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (c)(4) or Question (c)(5) is "No," explain why you did not appeal or raise this issue: _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes [] No [] (2) If you did not raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) Did you raise this issue in any post-conviction motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (2) If you answer to Question (c)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ____________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: _________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (5) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," did you raise the issue in the appeal? Yes [] No [] (6) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (c)(4) or Question (c)(5) is "No," explain why you did not appeal or raise this issue: _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes [] No [] (2) If you did not raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) Did you raise this issue in any post-conviction motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (2) If you answer to Question (c)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ____________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: _________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (5) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," did you raise the issue in the appeal? Yes [] No [] (6) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: __________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (c)(4) or Question (c)(5) is "No," explain why you did not appeal or raise this issue: _________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Is there any ground in this motion that you have not previously presented in some federal court? If so, which ground or grounds have not been presented, and state your reasons for not presenting them: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Do you have any motion, petition, or appeal (filed and not decided yet) in any court for the you are challenging? Yes [] No [] If "Yes," state the name and location of the court, the docket or case number, the type of proceeding, and the issues raised. _____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Give the name and address, if known, of each attorney who represented you in the following stages of the you are challenging: (a) At the preliminary hearing: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) At the arraignment and plea: ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) At the trial: __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) At sentencing: _________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (e) On appeal: _____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (f) In any post-conviction proceeding: _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (g) On appeal from any ruling against you in a post-conviction proceeding: _________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Were you sentenced on more than one court of an indictment, or on more than one indictment, in the same court and at the same time? Yes [] No [] 17. Do you have any future sentence to serve after you complete the sentence for the judgment that you are challenging? Yes [] No [] (a) If so, give name and location of court that imposed the other sentence you will serve in the future: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Give the date the other sentence was imposed: __________________________________________________ (c) Give the length of the other sentence: _________________________________________________________ (d) Have you filed, or do you plan to file, any motion, petition, or application that challenges the judgment or sentence to be served in the future? Yes [] No [] 18. TIMELINESS OF MOTION: If your judgment of conviction became final over one year ago, you must explain why the one-year statute of limitations as contained in does not bar your motion. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Therefore, movant asks that the Court grant the following relief: ____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ or any other relief to which movant may be entitled. _______________________________ Signature of Attorney (if any) I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this Motion under was placed in the prison mailing system on _____________________________________. (month, date, year) Executed (signed) on _____________________________________(date) _______________________________ Signature of Movant If the person signing is not movant, state relationship to movant and explain why movant is not signing this motion. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________