United States v. Corbin Thomas

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that § 2255 proceedings, while civil in some respects, are a continuation of the underlying criminal case
• Refusing to apply equitable tolling after the plaintiff, instead of following the Court’s instructions, filed a “‘protracted and convoluted series of motions.’”
• explaining the District Court retains subject matter jurisdiction to rule on such motions because they are a continuation of the criminal case
• finding petitioner not entitled to equitable tolling when there was no support that petitioner acted diligently, nor did he explain the necessity of the material he was deprived of.
• “A judicial decision rendered in the absence of a case or controversy is advisory, and federal courts lack power to render advisory opinions.”
• “[A]lthough certain aspects of a § 2255 proceeding may be considered civil, a § 2255 proceeding is a continuation of a defendant's federal criminal case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).