Johnson v. United States of America

Filing 29

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner's motions to supplement (ECF Nos. 5 and 28 ) are GRANTED and the Court will consider the article and report with Petitioner's § 2255 action. Signed by District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on May 15, 2017. (BRP)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

WALTER JOHNSON,
Petitioner,
vs.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.

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Case No. 4:15CV00281 AGF

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Petitioner’s Supplemental Motion to Vacate, Set
Aside, or Correct Sentence (ECF No. 5) and Motion for Leave to File Supplemental
Pleading (ECF No. 28). In both motions, Petitioner asks the Court to consider reports
that he argues are relevant to his § 2255 action.
Specifically, in Petitioner’s first motion noted above, he requests that the Court
consider a newspaper article regarding the sting practices of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In his second motion, Petitioner requests that the
Court grant him leave to supplement his § 2255 motion to include the report of an expert
witness filed in a criminal proceeding in the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois, which Petitioner argues is relevant to his claims.
For good cause shown,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s motions to supplement (ECF Nos. 5
and 28) are GRANTED and the Court will consider the article and report with
Petitioner’s § 2255 action.
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AUDREY G. FLEISSIG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 15th day of May, 2017