Willis v. United States of America

Filing 36

ORDER re 35 Motion to Waive Restitution directing the Clerk of this court to: (1.) Docket Willis's 35 "Motion to Waive Restitution" in her criminal case, Case No. Case No. 2:06cr71-MEF, as a "Motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3664(k) to Modify the Restitution Payment Schedule Based on Changed Economic Circumstances" and (2.) Strike the same motion from the instant case, Civil Action No. 2:09cv930-MEF. Signed by Honorable Judge Charles S. Coody on 8/18/11. (scn, )

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION BERNETTA LASHAY WILLIS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 2:09cv930-MEF (WO) ORDER Bernetta Lashay Willis has filed a pro se pleading styled as a “Motion to Waive Restitution” (Doc. No. 35), wherein she seeks release from her obligation to pay restitution under an order entered in her criminal case, Case No. 2:06cr71-MEF, based on her inability to pay. Willis’s pleading was originally docketed in her action challenging her conviction and sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. However, 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is not a mechanism by which an order of restitution may be attacked or modified. See Blaik v. United States, 161 F.3d 1341, 1342 (11th Cir. 1998) (“[Section] 2255 cannot be utilized by a federal prisoner who challenges only the restitution portion of his sentence because § 2255 affords relief only to those prisoners who ‘claim [ ] the right to be released’ from custody.”) Accordingly, the Clerk of this court is hereby DIRECTED to: 1. Docket Willis’s “Motion to Waive Restitution” in her criminal case, Case No. Case No. 2:06cr71-MEF, as a “Motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3664(k) to Modify the Restitution Payment Schedule Based on Changed Economic Circumstances.” 2. Strike the same motion from the instant case, Civil Action No. 2:09cv930-MEF. Done this 18th day of August, 2011. /s/Charles S. Coody CHARLES S. COODY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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