Chavez v. United States

DECISION AND ORDER

VICTOR MARRERO, District Judge.

Petitioner Jaime Chavez (“Chavez”) brought this pro se motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (“§ 2255”) to vacate, set aside, or otherwise correct his sentence. Chavez is serving a sentence of 660 months in prison following a conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine and unlawful possession of a firearm equipped with a silencer in furtherance of the drug trafficking offense. Chavez contends that his sentence must be vacated because, among other things, he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel.…