Rivera v. United States

ORDER

ELLIS, District Judge.

The matter is before the Court on petitioner Denis Rivera’s motion to vacate, set aside or correct the sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The government, in lieu of a responsive pleading, requests that its previously-filed opposition to Rivera’s motion for appointment of habeas counsel be accepted as its response to the instant motion given that the arguments advanced in both of Rivera’s motions are essentially the same. This request is granted, and accordingly the matter is now ripe for disposition. Oral argument is dispensed with because the facts and legal…