Diani v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION STEPHEN DIANI, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:24-cv-01480-SRC ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) Memorandum and Order Stephen Diani asks the Court to set aside, correct, or vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He makes four arguments: that he suffered from ineffective assistance of counsel during plea negotiations, that the United States charged him under an unconstitutional statute, that the statute under which he was convicted is unconstitutional, and that the Court erroneously applied the…