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· 2/28/1978

United States v. Eugene A. Nolan

Citations

  • 571 F.2d 528
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 12409

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that issues raised in a § 2255 motion that were already decided on direct appeal will generally not be reconsidered
  • noting that “[a]n issue disposed of on direct appeal will ... not be reconsidered on a collateral attack by a [2255] motion [absent] an intervening change in the law of a circuit”
  • applying the “dictionary meaning of the word ‘record’ [] as that which is written or transcribed to perpetuate knowledge or events,” since the FOIA failed to define the term

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Judges: Lewis, Seth, Brimmer

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