I had the notion this evening to log in to the US District Court’s electronic case filing system, and look for news of Mr. C______.
His §2255 motion was denied – or, as the official court documents like to put it, DENIED – last June. I thought this meant Mr. C______ had nothing left to do but serve the remainder of his sentence (just under five years, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator). I was wrong about that.
He’s appealing – to the US Court of Appeals in Chicago – the US District Court’s decision on his §2255 motion.
I downloaded most of the new documents. (#3 appears to be the complete record of Mr. C______’s original trial: 149 pages! I skipped that one.) Most of it was pretty boring stuff, but the documents from Mr. C______ himself were a little better.
It looks like he’s pursuing the same arguments as before, with a few citations of recent Supreme Court decisions thrown in for extra flavor. I’d be very surprised if this latest attempt got any further than its predecessors.
(I have to wonder how much of the average judge’s time is wasted explaining to inmates, over and over again: There’s a reason you’re behind bars, pal.)