--- title: "United States v. Torres" citation: "282 F.3d 1241 (10th Cir. 2002)" authority_id: "AUTH-CA10-TORRES-282-F3D-1241" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_tenth_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_ca10" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA10-TORRES-282-F3D-1241/" legal_review: "2026-08-26" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Torres ## Holdings used - A federal prisoner cannot use audita querela for a conviction or sentence challenge cognizable under § 2255; classification follows substance, with recharacterization protections depending on prior § 2255 history. ## Material limitation Binding only in the Tenth Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Published precedential full opinion reviewed from a public reporter reproduction after no stable historical official opinion file was located. Torres assumed survival only for argument, distinguished coram nobis by custody, and limited first-motion recharacterization notice to its proper procedural setting. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 282 F.3d 1241 (10th Cir. 2002), 282 F.3d 1245–46 & n.6: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIR10-006` ## Used in - [Tenth Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/tenth-circuit.md)