Ramos v. United States

Leonie M. Brinkema, United States District Judge

Before the Court is movant Gilberto Ramos's ("movant" or "Ramos") Motion to Vacate Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 [Dkt. No. 200], in which he asks the Court to vacate his sentence and re-sentence him to a shorter term of imprisonment because he was sentenced pursuant to a statutory mandatory minimum triggered by a previous state felony conviction that has since been recalled and redesignated as a misdemeanor. For the reasons that follow, Ramos's motion will be dismissed.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 30, 2012, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia…