Colonel Amodeo is a Command Pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-37B Tweet, T-38A Talon, B-52G Stratofortress, C-130E/H/J Hercules, MC-130E/H Combat Talon I/II, C-5A/B Galaxy, and the KC-135R Stratotanker. Amodeo then petitioned 2 Case: 15-15280 Date Filed: 01/22/2020 Page: 3 of 5 unsuccessfully for a certificate of appealability and for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. To ensure that all individuals have an opportunity for a long, healthy life in which the included can self actualize, where true social justice exists.

As Matthew is learning and writing Frank Amodeo's story, Frank Amodeo is simultaneously learning Matthew's story and representing him legally, using his brilliant problem solving and legal skills to battle the government and try to reduce Matthew's 26 year sentence.He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky in 1986, and his Master's degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1996. We rejected Amodeo’s argument as “belied by” evidence that he stipulated to his competency and that the district court considered testimony from Amodeo’s doctor about his competency and questioned Amodeo extensively during the change of plea hearing to determine his competency. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site.

Simultaneously, Amodeo hired an international black-ops force to orchestrate a coup in the Congo, while plotting to take over several small easternEuropean countries.Lt Amodeo next attended Undergraduate Pilot Training and was awarded his pilot wings at Williams AFB, Arizona, in October 1987, followed by B-52G Stratofortress Combat Crew Training at Castle AFB, California, from October 1987 to January 1988. He served as Commander of the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, from September 2013 to September 2016, and then served as Commander of the 927th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill AFB, Florida, from September 2016 to November 2017. S. Attorney Roberta Bodnar told the panel that Amodeo’s mistake was in waiting too long to make his claims. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I was shocked to discover a lack of thorough reporting about such an amazing story except from one person.

Colonel Amodeo served as Reserve Advisor to the Commander of Air Mobility Command at Scott AFB, Illinois, from April 2009 to August 2011, and then as Chief of the Deployment and Distribution Operations Center with U. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 allows a party to relate back “[a]n amendment to a pleading” pending before a district court. was sentenced to 22 years in prison in May 2009 for his role in a scheme to divert his clients’ payroll taxes to his companies’ bank accounts instead of the IRS. M]ental impairment is not per 4 Case: 15-15280 Date Filed: 01/22/2020 Page: 5 of 5 se a reason to toll a statute of limitations”; the mental condition must affect the movant’s “ability to file a timely petition. The district court ruled that Case: 15-15280 Date Filed: 01/22/2020 Page: 2 of 5 Amodeo’s third motion, which he filed after the expiration of the one-year statute of limitation, id.The district court also ruled that Amodeo was not entitled to equitable tolling because his litigiousness evidenced that his “mental health [did not] prevent[] him from timely filing a § 2255 motion. Col Amodeo has served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Commander of Air Force Reserve Command at Robins AFB, Georgia, since November 2017. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. From reading the book, I learned Matthew had an amazing story of his own as one of the most notorious con men in the country, who at one point was the Secret Service's most wanted man.