The following excerpt is from Vega v. United States, CASE NO. 1:09-CR-0335 AWI (E.D. Cal. 2019):
"28 U.S.C. 2255 allows a federal prisoner to 'vacate, set aside, or correct' the prisoner's conviction or sentence 'upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the court was without jurisdiction to impose such sentence." United States v. Hill, 915 F.3d 669, 674 (9th Cir. 2019) (quoting 28 U.S.C. 2255(a)). "A petitioner is generally limited to one motion under 2255, and may not bring a 'second or successive motion' unless it meets the exacting standards of 28 U.S.C. 2255(h)." United States v. Washington, 653 F.3d 1057, 1059 (9th Cir. 2011). Section 2255(h) reads:
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