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Boyd v. U.S.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Sep 25, 2002
304 F.3d 813 (8th Cir. 2002)

Summary

holding that if the district court determines Rule 60(b) motion is actually a second or successive habeas petition, it should dismiss the motion for failure to obtain authorization from the Court of Appeals or, in its discretion, transfer the purported Rule 60(b) motion to the Court of Appeals

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Opinion

No. 02-1848.

Submitted: July 9, 2002.

Filed: September 25, 2002. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied: November 12, 2002.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Stephen N. Limbaugh, J.

Willie E. Boyd, pro se.

Mary Jane Lyle, argued, Asst. U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


Willie Boyd's petition for panel rehearing having been granted, we return the matter to the District Court with directions to file and then dismiss Mr. Boyd's motion under Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because it is, on its face, a second or successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition, see Mathenia v. Delo, 99 F.3d 1476, 1480 (8th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, Mathenia v. Bowersox, 521 U.S. 1123, 117 S.Ct. 2518, 138 L.Ed.2d 1020 (1997), that we have not previously authorized and do not now authorize, our authorization being a prerequisite under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3) (2000) to the filing of a second or successive habeas petition.

In order to establish a uniform procedure throughout the Circuit, we encourage district courts, in dealing with purported Rule 60(b) motions following the dismissal of habeas petitions, to employ a procedure whereby the district court files the purported Rule 60(b) motion and then conducts a brief initial inquiry to determine whether the allegations in the Rule 60(b) motion in fact amount to a second or successive collateral attack under either 28 U.S.C. § 2255 or § 2254. If the district court determines the Rule 60(b) motion is actually a second or successive habeas petition, the district court should dismiss it for failure to obtain authorization from the Court of Appeals or, in its discretion, may transfer the purported Rule 60(b) motion to the Court of Appeals. Depending on which course of action the district court chooses, the petitioner may either appeal the dismissal of the purported Rule 60(b) motion or, if the district court has elected to transfer the purported 60(b) motion to the Court of Appeals, await the action of the Court of Appeals.


Summaries of

Boyd v. U.S.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Sep 25, 2002
304 F.3d 813 (8th Cir. 2002)

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Case details for

Boyd v. U.S.

Case Details

Full title:Willie E. BOYD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Date published: Sep 25, 2002

Citations

304 F.3d 813 (8th Cir. 2002)

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