Legal Opinion

Jackson v. United States

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided July 2, 2020No. 3:19-cv-01243Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT SYDNEY JACKSON, Petitioner, v. No. 3:19-cv-1243 (VAB) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. RULING AND ORDER ON MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR CORRECT SENTENCE Sydney Jackson (“Petitioner”), currently incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution McKean, and proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

challenging his conviction and sentence. Mot. to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence, ECF No. 1 (Aug. 8, 2019). For the following reasons, Petitioner’s motion is DENIED. I. BACKGROUND1 On November…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Ben Gary Triestman v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  3. Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Sykes v. Bank of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013

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