Rodriguez-Rivera v. United States

ORDER

CARMEN CONSUELO CEREZO, District Judge.

Petitioner Omar E. Rodriguez-Rivera was convicted on two counts of interfering with. interstate commerce by threats or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 and sentenced on February 17, 2005 to serve two consecutive terms of 240 months of imprisonment. On June 19, 2012, more than 5 years after his convictions and sentences became final subsequent to his direct appeal, he filed a Motion to Vacate; Set Aside or Correct Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (D.E. 1) claiming that his trial counsel was ineffective. A detailed description of the facts of…