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Kizziah v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA WESTERN DIVISION
Jan 7, 2014
7:13-cv-8042-VEH-JEO (N.D. Ala. Jan. 7, 2014)

Summary

holding that petitioner failed to demonstrate factual innocence and noting that “[t]hus far, the Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit have recognized that the actual innocence doctrine applies in only two contexts: where the defendant claims that he is actually innocent of the crime of conviction and where a defendant claims that he is actually innocent of a capital sentence”

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Opinion

7:13-cv-8042-VEH-JEO 7:12-cr-0021-VEH-JEO

01-07-2014

CODY RYAN KIZZIAH, Movant/Defendant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent


FINAL ORDER

Pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 58, for the reasons stated in the Memorandum Opinion entered herewith, Defendant Cody Ryan Kizziah's pro se motion to vacate his federal sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is hereby DENIED. This action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. The Clerk is DIRECTED to close the file.

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VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Kizziah v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA WESTERN DIVISION
Jan 7, 2014
7:13-cv-8042-VEH-JEO (N.D. Ala. Jan. 7, 2014)

holding that petitioner failed to demonstrate factual innocence and noting that “[t]hus far, the Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit have recognized that the actual innocence doctrine applies in only two contexts: where the defendant claims that he is actually innocent of the crime of conviction and where a defendant claims that he is actually innocent of a capital sentence”

Summary of this case from United States v. Jones
Case details for

Kizziah v. United States

Case Details

Full title:CODY RYAN KIZZIAH, Movant/Defendant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA WESTERN DIVISION

Date published: Jan 7, 2014

Citations

7:13-cv-8042-VEH-JEO (N.D. Ala. Jan. 7, 2014)

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