Rivera v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT EDGARDO RIVERA, ) 3:21-cv-00973 (KAD) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) OCTOBER 12, 2022 Respondent. ) ) MEMORANDUM OF DECISION RE:

28 U.S.C. § 2255

PETITION Kari A. Dooley, United States District Judge: Following a plea of guilty, by judgment dated July 17, 2020, Petitioner Edgardo Rivera was convicted of (1) possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of forty (40) grams or more of fentanyl in violation of

21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(vi); and (2) possession of a firearm in furtherance of a narcotics…