United States v. Shelton
United States v. Shelton
Opinion of the Court
ORDER
The defendant Mr. Jesse Orion Prince filed herein an application for the writ of error coram nobis. “ * * * Writs of error coram nobis * * * are abolished, and the procedure for obtaining any relief from a judgment shall be by motion as prescribed in these [Federal] [R]ules [of Civil Procedure] or by an independent action.” Rule 60 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. However, they remain available as a step in a criminal case, such as this, as a means to challenge a conviction after a person has served a sentence imposed upon him. United States v. Morgan (1954), 346 U.S. 502, 505, 74 S.Ct. 247, 248, 98 L.Ed. 248, 253-254 fn. 4[7].
Mr. Prince was committed on July 31, 1975 to the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative for imprisonment for a term of 5 years on count 2 of the indictment herein. At that time, he was in the custody of agents of the state of Tennessee serving a sentence for another offense or other offenses. He alleges he remains in confinement at the Tennessee state penitentiary, Nashville, Tennessee.
Thus, Mr. Prince has neither served the sentence imposed upon him on July 31, 1975 herein nor commenced the service thereof. Under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3568, Mr. Prince cannot commence the service of his sentence herein until he is released by the state of Tennessee and held for transportation to the place of his federal confinement. United States v. Kanton, C.A. 7th (1966), 362 F.2d 178, 179-180, certiorari denied (1967), 386 U.S. 986, 87 S.Ct. 1298, 18 L.Ed.2d 239.
The applicant Mr. Jesse Orion Prince hereby is
DENIED all relief, for the reasons delineated above.
. Specifically, the applicant claims (1) that the assistance of counsel he received from his retained attorney on that hearing was ineffective, in that such counsel did not appeal from the order revoking probation, and (2) that he was thus deprived of his right to appeal.
070rehearing
ON PETITION TO REHEAR
The defendant Mr. Jesse Orion Prince filed herein a petition to rehear, or alternatively, a motion to appeal in forma pauperis from this Court’s order herein of July 25, 1978.
The petition to rehear hereby is
DENIED.
The motion to appeal in forma pauperis hereby is DENIED for not being in compliance with Rule 24(a), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
ON FURTHER MOTION TO REHEAR
The motion herein of September 14, 1978 of the defendant Mr. Prince to be allowed to appeal from this Court’s order herein of July 25, 1978 in forma pauperis hereby is again DENIED for not being in compliance with Rule 24(a), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
. The document filed by the defendant was more in the nature of a threat to the undersigned judge than a legal pleading.
. " * * * a party to an action in a district court who desires to proceed on appeal in for-ma pauperis shall file in the district court a motion for leave so to proceed, together with an affidavit showing, in the detail prescribed by Form 4 of the Appendix of Forms, his inability to pay fees and costs or to give security therefor, his belief that he is entitled to redress, and a statement of the issues which he intends to present on appeal. * * * ” Rule 24(a), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- United States v. Robert Thomas SHELTON
- Status
- Published