Opinion
15-CR-537 (VEC)
07-08-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOHN HUGHES, Defendant.
ORDER
VALERIE CAPRONI, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
WHEREAS on July 7, 2022, Defendant filed a motion pro se requesting that the Court grant him 16 months' credit towards his current sentence, see Dkt. 1718; and
WHEREAS the Court construes Defendant's motion as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to open a civil case for Mr. Hughes's habeas petition. The document at 15-cr-537, docket entry 1718, should be entered as docket entry 1 in the new civil case.
The Clerk of Court is further directed to close the open motion at docket entry 1718 in 15-cr-537 and mail a copy of this Order to the pro se Defendant.
SO ORDERED.