United States v. Dickey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) No. 24 C 1047 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis TRACIE DICKEY, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER In 2019, a jury found Tracie Dickey guilty of wire fraud and forced labor. The Court sentenced Dickey to 144 months’ imprisonment for each offense, to be served concurrently. Now, Dickey petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, asserting that this Court should vacate her conviction or sentence because she received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial and…