Objio-Sarraff v. United States

A jury convicted petitioner, Abraham D. Objio-Sarraff, of, inter alia, violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking offense). We affirmed his firearms conviction. See United States v. Castro-Lara, 970 F.2d 976, 983 (1st Cir.1992), cert. denied, 508 U.S. 962, 113 S.Ct. 2935, 124 L.Ed.2d 684 (1993).

Some years later, after the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Bailey v. United States, — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995), Objio-Sarraff brought a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, seeking to set aside his firearms…