United States v. Talley

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD W. ROBERTS, District Judge.

Defendant Rickey Lamont Talley filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his plea, convictions, and sentence arguing that his counsel provided ineffective assistance by guaranteeing that the sentence would be at or below the statutory minimum, and that he was denied due process by being sentenced under sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses which were unduly harsh and have since been lowered. Because Talley’s § 2255 motion was not timely filed, the ineffective assistance of counsel claim is conclusory and unsupported, and…