UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Motion for Authorization to File a Second or Successive Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 by a Prisoner in Federal Custody Case Number________________________________________________________ Name_____________________________________ Prisoner No.____________ Place of Confinement_________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Instructions Read Carefully (1) In accordance with the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2255, effective April 24, 1996, before authorization to file a second or successive motion can be granted by the United States Court of Appeals, it is the movant’s burden to make a prima facie showing that he or she satisfies either of the two following conditions found in 28 U.S.C. § 2255: 1) 2) (2) Newly discovered evidence that, if proven and viewed in light of the evidence as a whole, would be sufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable factfinder would have found the movant guilty of the offense; or A new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court [of the United States], that was previously unavailable. Use the attached form to file a motion for authorization under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 for an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -1- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com (3) The motion for authorization must be legibly handwritten or typewritten and signed by the movant under penalty of perjury. Any false statement of a material fact may serve as the basis for prosecution and conviction for perjury. (4) All questions must be answered completely and concisely in the proper space on the form. Attach additional pages if necessary to list all the grounds for relief and facts upon which you rely to support those grounds. Your failure to provide complete answers may result in the court of appeals denying your motion for authorization. (5) You must sign the motion in three places at the end of pages 11 and 12. Your failure to sign the motion for authorization or to complete the “proof of service” may result in the court of appeals denying your motion. (6) Attach to your motion for authorization copies of the following documents: (a) (b) All § 2255 motions you previously filed in any federal court challenging the judgment of conviction or sentence you now want to challenge. (c) All court opinions and orders, final and interlocutory, disposing of the claims in your previous § 2255 motions that challenged the judgment of conviction or sentence you now want to challenge. (d) (7) The § 2255 motion you want to file in the district court if the court of appeals grants your motion for authorization, unless this matter was transferred to the Tenth Circuit from the district court. If the case was transferred from the district court, we will consider the transferred filings from the district court to be your proposed § 2255 petition. All magistrate judges’ reports and recommendations issued in all previous § 2255 motions that challenged the judgment of conviction or sentence you now want to challenge. The Judicial Conference of the United States has adopted the 8½ x 11 inch paper size for use throughout the federal judiciary and directed the elimination of the use of legal size paper. All pleadings must be on 8½ x 11 inch paper. Otherwise we cannot accept them. Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -2- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com (8) There is no fee for filing a motion for authorization under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 for an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (9) If your motion for authorization seeks relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, you must serve a copy of the motion for authorization and all documents attached to it on the United States Attorney for the federal judicial district in which you were convicted. Your failure to serve the United States Attorney may result in the court of appeals denying your motion. (10) When this motion for authorization is fully completed, mail the original to the below address. Your failure to provide an original may result in the court of appeals denying your motion for authorization. United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Office of the Clerk Byron White United States Courthouse 1823 Stout Street Denver, Colorado 80257 Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -3- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Motion for Authorization to File a Second or Successive Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 by a Prisoner in Federal Custody 1. (a) Location of the United States District Court which entered the judgment of conviction under attack: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (b) 2. Case number: _____________________________________________ Date of judgment of conviction: ___________________________________ Guilty plea: _________________ 3. Jury verdict:____________________ Length of sentence: ___________ Sentencing Judge: _______________ 4. Nature of offense for which you were convicted: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. Did you appeal the conviction and sentence? YES ( ) NO ( ) 6. If you appealed, name of court, result, date of result: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Have you ever filed a motion to vacate in any federal court which is related to this conviction and sentence? YES ( ) NO ( ) If “yes,” how many times? ___________________ (If more than one, complete 8 and 9 below as necessary.) Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -4- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com As to the first federal motion, give the following information. (You must attach a copy of the motion and any dispositional orders to this motion for authorization.) (a) Name of court: ______________________________________________ (b) Case number: _______________________________________________ (c) Nature of proceeding:_________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (d) Grounds raised (list all grounds, using extra pages if necessary): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (e) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your motion? YES ( ) NO ( ) (f) Result: _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (g) Date of result:_______________________________________________ Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -5- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 8. As to any second federal motion, give the following information. (You must attach a copy of the motion and any dispositional orders to this motion for authorization.) (a) Name of court: ______________________________________________ (b) Case number: _______________________________________________ (c) Nature of proceeding: ________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (d) Grounds raised (list all grounds, using extra pages if necessary): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (e) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your motion? YES ( ) NO ( ) (f) Result: _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (g) Date of result:_______________________________________________ Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -6- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 9. As to any third federal motion, give the following information. (You must attach a copy of the motion and any dispositional orders to this motion for authorization.) (a) Name of court: ______________________________________________ (b) Case number: _______________________________________________ (c) Nature of proceeding: ________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (d) Grounds raised (list all grounds, using extra pages if necessary): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (e) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your motion? YES ( ) NO ( ) (f) Result: _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (g) Date of result:_______________________________________________ Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -7- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 10. Did you appeal the result of any action taken on your federal motion? (Use extra pages to reflect additional petitions if necessary.) (1) First Motion: NO ( ) YES ( ) (2) Second Motion: NO ( ) (3) Third Motion: Appeal No.________________ YES ( ) Appeal No.________________ NO ( ) YES ( ) Appeal No.________________ 11. If you did not appeal from the adverse action on any motion, explain briefly why you did not. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 12. State concisely every ground on which you now claim that you are being held unlawfully. Summarize briefly the facts supporting each ground. Ground One: __________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or law): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -8- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Was this claim raised in a prior motion? YES ( ) NO ( ) Does this claim rely on a “new rule of law?” YES ( ) NO ( ) If “yes,” state the new rule of law (give case name and citation): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Does this claim rely on “newly discovered evidence?” YES ( ) NO ( ) If “yes,” briefly state the newly discovered evidence and why it was not previously available to you:____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ***** Ground Two: __________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -9- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Supporting FACTS (tell your story briefly without citing cases or law): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Was this claim raised in a prior motion? YES ( ) NO ( ) Does this claim rely on a “new rule of law?” YES ( ) NO ( ) If “yes,” state the new rule of law (give case name and citation): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Does this claim rely on “newly discovered evidence?” YES ( ) NO ( ) If “yes,” briefly state the newly discovered evidence and why it was not previously available to you:____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Additional grounds may be asserted on additional pages if necessary. Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -10- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 13. Do you have any motion or appeal now pending in any court as to the judgment now under attack? YES ( ) NO ( ) If “yes,” name of court: __________________________________________ Case number: __________________________________________________ Nature of proceeding: ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Grounds raised: ________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Wherefore, movant prays that the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit enter an order authorizing the district court to consider movant’s second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. ______________________________________ Movant’s Signature I declare under Penalty of Perjury that my answers to all the questions in this motion for authorization are true and correct. Executed on _________________ (date) ______________________________________ Movant’s Signature Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -11- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com PROOF OF SERVICE The movant must send a copy of this motion for authorization and all attachments to the United States Attorney’s office in the district in which he or she was convicted. I certify that on ____________________, I mailed a copy of this Motion * for (date) Authorization and all attachments to: ____________________________________ at the following address: ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ Movant’s Signature * Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 25(a)(2)(c), “A paper filed by an inmate confined in an institution is timely filed if deposited in the institution’s internal mail system on or before the last day for filing. Timely filing of a paper by an inmate confined in an institution may be shown by a notarized statement or declaration (in compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746) setting forth the date of deposit and stating that first-class postage has been prepaid.” Motion for Authorization re: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 4/11 Page -12- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com