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· 12/14/2000

United States v. Espinoza-Saenz

Citations

  • 235 F.3d 501
  • 48 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 651
  • 2000 Colo. J. C.A.R. 6669
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 31832
  • 2000 WL 1838292

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding “claims [that are] totally separate and distinct, in both time and type from those raised in [the] original motion,” do not relate back to the date of the original motion (internal quotation marks omitted).
  • noting the “intent of Congress that claims under § 2255 be advanced within one year after a judgment of conviction becomes final”
  • “an untimely amendment to a § 2255 motion” relates back to the original filing date “only if . . . the proposed amendment does not seek to add a new claim or to insert a new theory into the case.”

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Judges: Baldock, Anderson, Henry

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