Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 2255 42 U.S.C. § 1981 Supreme Court 294 U.S. 600, 607 297 U.S. 157, 160 304 U.S. 458, 464 317 U.S. 269, 277 380 U.S. 202, 285 394 U.S. 244, 262-263 451 U.S. 454 451 U.S. 477 456 U.S. 107, 130 457 U.S. 537, 102-556 470 U.S. 1, 6-7 470 U.S. 51, 58 476 U.S. 79, 93-106 477 U.S. 478, 492 478 U.S. 255 479 U.S. 51, 58-59 479 U.S. 314 485 U.S. 568, 575 489 U.S. 288, 308-310 497 U.S. 639, 649 501 U.S. 529, 544 501 U.S. 868, 894 507 U.S. 725, 113-734 515 U.S. 506 516 U.S. 193, 197 520 U.S. 461, 117-468 526 U.S. 227 530 U.S. 466, 120-524 535 U.S. 979 536 U.S. 584, 122-609 538 U.S. 971 Circuit Courts 219 F.2d 131, 133 740 F.2d 1104 835 F.2d 1567, 1573-1574 918 F.2d 1491 923 F.2d 1568, 1573-1574 984 F.2d 1118, 1128 6 F.3d 1483, 1493 20 F.3d 1550, 1566 53 F.3d 1216, 1222 57 F.3d 1269, 1289 73 F.3d 1564, 1572 97 F.3d 518, 529 118 F.3d 466, 471 135 F.3d 703, 709 163 F.3d 1 178 F.3d 8, 15 217 F.3d 1319, 1321 232 F.3d 825 236 F.3d 932, 935-937 237 F.3d 866, 875 238 F.3d 537, 541 239 F.3d 72, 77 240 F.3d 65, 72-73 240 F.3d 1300, 1311 242 F.3d 593, 599 242 F.3d 989 244 F.3d 828, 829-830 248 F.3d 434, 443-444 248 F.3d 1065, 1105 253 F.3d 641, 676-677 255 F.3d 1215, 1216 256 F.3d 264, 280 256 F.3d 311, 313 266 F.3d 1245, 1258-1259 269 F.3d 1250 273 F.3d 991 291 F.3d 1291, 1294 302 F.3d 1280, 1289-1290 311 F.3d 875, 878 316 F.3d 1203, 1207 335 F.3d 1132, 1138 346 F.3d 1024, 1031 374 F.3d 1023 375 F.3d 508, 510 375 F.3d 1287 376 F.3d 967 378 F.3d 1219, 1227 379 F.3d 1241 380 F.3d 1308 381 F.3d 1109, 1110 382 F.3d 1308 383 F.3d 1137, 1142 384 F.3d 378, 396-397 384 F.3d 1228, 1230 385 F.3d 56, 59 385 F.3d 124, 127 386 F.3d 1039, 1041-1042 387 F.3d 104, 106-107 387 F.3d 585, 591 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Fed. R. App. P. 28 Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(5) Fed. R. App. P. 28(j) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(b)