Opinion of the Court — Sanchez v. Hemingway

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Type: Opinion of the Court
Filed: June 19, 2002
Case: Sanchez v. Hemingway
Case status: Decided

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Eiffel Sanchez, a federal prisoner incarcerated in Michigan, appeals the district court order dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 . This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(l), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a). In 1993, Sanchez pleaded guilty to conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 . The United States District Court for the Southern District of California sentenced him to 210 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release. Sanchez appealed, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed his convictions and sentence. United States v. Sanchez, No. 93-50691, 1994 WL 198644 (9th Cir. May 19, 1994). In November 1996, Sanchez filed a motion for modification or correction of his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582 , which the district court construed as a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . In October 2000, Sanchez requested permission to file a supplemental § 2255 motion. The docket from the Southern District of…

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