Bakken v. United States

Joseph A. Bugni

FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF WISCONSIN, INC.

DEFENDANT'S DOCKETING STATEMENT AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Bradley Bakken, by counsel, files this docketing statement pursuant to Circ. Rule 3(c)(1), 28(a) (7th Cir.). He files his notice of appeal simultaneously. Mr. Bakken also includes here his Cir. Rule 26.1 (7th Cir.) disclosure statement.

1. The United States District Court had jurisdiction over this post-conviction proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

2. The petitioner-appellant is a natural person, and no party is a corporation. Mr. Bakken is incarcerated at FCI Pekin. The current warden at FCI Pekin is Warden Segal.

3. This is a direct appeal from an order denying the petitioner-appellant's petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court granted a certificate of appealability; therefore, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to hear this appeal under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253.

4. The order and judgment being appealed were entered on August 18, 2021.

5. The notice of appeal is filed with this docketing statement on September 1, 2021.

6. There was no prior litigation in the district court arising out of the same transaction or designated by the district court as satisfying the criteria of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

7. Pursuant to Circ. Rule 26.1 (7th Cir.), counsel notes that the petitioner appellant was represented in the district court by Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin, Inc., by Joseph A. Bugni. Federal Defendant Services of Wisconsin, by Joseph A. Bugni and Jessica Arden Ettinger, will represent the petitioner-appellant on appeal.