United States v. Wenzel

MEMORANDUM OPINION

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

Presently pending before this Court is a motion by Defendant Joseph C. Wenzel to set aside his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. 1 For the reasons set forth below, Wenzel’s motion will be denied.

I. BACKGROUND

In November of 1999, Rena “Tracy” Seyfert and Joseph C. Wenzel were named as defendants in a four-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Erie, Pennsylvania. Seyfert was charged with unlawful conversion of surplus federal government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641 and attempting to persuade a witness to provide false…