Benson v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CHRISTOPHER BENSON, Plaintiff, v. Civil No. 20-cv-212-JPG Criminal No. 08-cr-30259-JPG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter comes before the Court on petitioner Christopher Benton’s motion to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2255

(Doc. 1). I. Background On February 26, 2009, Benson pled guilty to one count of possession of contraband—a weapon—by a federal inmate in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1791(a)(2) and (b)(3), and the Court sentenced him to serve 37 months in…