Whether the district Court's order denying a certificate of appealability for petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct the sentence on his mail sale (18 U.S.C. § 2922.6) as time barred by the statute of limitations under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f), violates the ex post facto prescription of the United States Constitution as applied in this case, and is prohibited by the due process clause.

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983