Legal Opinion
Pena v. United States
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided September 13, 2018No. 09-CR-0341 (VM); 16-CV-4261 (VM)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VICTOR MARRERO, United States District Judge.
Petitioner Jose Pena ("Pena") filed this motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) (" Rule 60(b)"). (See"Motion," Dkt. No. 9.)1 For the reasons discussed below, Pena's Motion is DENIED.
I. BACKGROUND
Pena is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder for hire in violation of *57918 U.S.C. § 1958, two counts of murder for hire in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958, and two counts of murder through use of a firearm during a crime of violence in…
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