Opinion
CAUSE No. 3:97-CR-26(2)-RLM
08-31-2015
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOHN JOSE WATFORD
OPINION and ORDER
On September 5, 1997, a jury found petitioner John Jose Watford guilty of robbery and attempted robbery. Mr. Watford was sentenced to 802 months imprisonment, and his conviction and sentence were affirmed on October 22, 1998. See United States v. Watford, 165 F.3d 34 (7th Cir. 1998).
Since his conviction and the denial of his appeal, Mr. Watford has filed numerous motions for post-conviction relief. The court denied his first § 2255 petition on its merits on March 21, 2000 (Doc. No. 143), and has dismissed two subsequent petitions as unauthorized successive § 2255 petitions. (See Doc. Nos. 181, 207). This matter is before the court on Mr. Watford's most recent § 2255 petition, filed March 12, 2015 (Doc. No. 236).
As the court instructed Mr. Watford in its orders denying his other successive petitions, because he has already filed a § 2255 petition he must direct any additional petitions to the court of appeals. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3) and 2255(h). Accordingly, Mr. Watford's latest petition (Doc. No. 236) is DENIED as directed to the wrong court.
SO ORDERED.
ENTERED: August 31, 2015
/s/ Robert L. Miller, Jr.
Judge
United States District Court