Santoro v. United States

Anthony Santoro and Jose Ordonez have each appealed the denial of his respective motion filed in the district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See Badamo v. United States, 17 F.Supp.2d 60 (D.R.I.1998). The district court granted a certificate of appealability (COA) to each petitioner as to the issue “whether there was sufficient evidence in the record to sustain petitioner’s plea to aiding and abetting in the use or carrying of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense; more specifically, whether the petitioner facilitated the use and/or carrying of a firearm.” After…