BURNETT v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY TREMONE BURNETT, Civil Action No. 20-7569 (KSH) Petitioner, v. OPINION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. This matter has been opened to the Court by Tremone Burnett’s amended motion to vacate his conviction and sentence pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the reasons below, the Court denies the amended motion and also denies a certificate of appealability. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND & PROCEDURAL HISTORY On August 20, 2014, Burnett was charged by complaint with seven counts of substantive Hobbs Act robbery. (Crim. No. 16-66, D.E. 1). He was…