Justino Benitez Suarez v. United States

This is a petition for the appointment of counsel to prosecute an appeal from an order entered by Senior Circuit Judge Albert B. Maris sitting by designation and assignment in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico summarily denying a motion under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate or set aside sentences imposed years before by the regular judge of that court. An examination of the files of the court below shows that on March 8, 1957, Benitez Suarez appeared in the court below with counsel of his own choice and pleaded guilty to three indictments charging violations of…