Legal Opinion

COOPER v. UNITED STATES

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided August 22, 2025No. 3:24-cv-00547Unknown

1Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY SONNIE L. COOPER, Petitioner, Civil Action No. 24-00547 (GC) v. MEMORANDUM OPINION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. CASTNER, District Judge THIS MATTER comes before the Court upon Sonnie L. Cooper’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis vacating his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion under color of official right, pursuant to the Hobbs Act,

18 U.S.C. § 1951.1

(ECF No. 1.) The Government opposed, and Cooper replied. (ECF Nos. 3, 4.) The Court has carefully reviewed the parties’…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. McQuiggin v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  2. Carlisle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. McDonnell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  4. United States v. Alan R. StonemanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
  5. Keith Baranski v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018

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