Coleman v. USA
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER. (See Full Order.) IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that movant's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is DENIED, and this action is DISMISSED without prejudice. An Order of Dismissal will be filed separately. Signed by District Judge E. Richard Webber on 6/24/2016. (CBL)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
KENNETH COLEMAN,
Movant,
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent,
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No. 4:16-CV-927 ERW
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on movant’s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct
sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The motion is denied without prejudice.
Movant was convicted of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm, and the Court
sentenced him to 709 months’ imprisonment. United States v. Coleman, No. 4:01-CR-296 ERW.
He challenged his sentence under Section 2255 in May 2005. Coleman v. United States, No.
4:05-CV-740 ERW. The Court denied the motion on the merits.
In this case, movant argues that his sentence is unconstitutional after Johnson v. United
States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015). He has filed an application for permission to file a successive
motion to vacate in the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which remains pending.
Coleman v. United States, No. 16-2424 (8th Cir.). Movant seeks to hold the instant case in
abeyance pending the decision of the Court of Appeals.
The requirement that prisoners obtain authorization from the circuit court before filing a
second or successive petition in the district court is jurisdictional. Burton v. Stewart, 127 S. Ct.
793, 796 (2007).
“Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. The requirement that jurisdiction be
established as a threshold matter springs from the nature and limits of the judicial power of the
United States and is inflexible and without exception.” Kessler v. Nat’l Enterprises, Inc., 347
F.3d 1076, 1081 (8th Cir. 2003) (quotation marks omitted; emphasis added).
Because movant has not received permission from the Court of Appeals to file this
action, this Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the motion or to hold this matter in abeyance.
Therefore, the motion is denied, and this action is dismissed without prejudice. See Fed. R. Civ.
P. 12(h)(3) (dismissal is required, not discretionary).
Movant will not be prejudiced by the dismissal of this action. The Court will hear his
successive petition if and only if the Court of Appeals authorizes its filing.
Finally, movant has not met the burden for issuing a certificate of appealability under 28
U.S.C. § 2253(c).
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that movant’s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct
sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is DENIED, and this action is DISMISSED without prejudice.
An Order of Dismissal will be filed separately.
So Ordered this 24th day of June, 2016.
E. RICHARD WEBBER
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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