Ortega v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO URIEL JOSE ORTEGA, Crim. Case No.: 4:14-cr-00255-BLW Movant, Civil Case No.: 4:17-cv-00529-BLW v. MEMORANDUM DECISION & ORDER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. INTRODUCTION Before the Court is Uriel Jose Ortega’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Ortega contends that his conviction should be vacated because he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Ortega claims, among other things, that plea counsel persuaded him to plead guilty by (1) overstating the applicable mandatory-minimum…