Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 20, 2002No. CIV.A. 98-10902MLW, CIV.A. 98-10775MLWPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
I. SUMMARY
Santo and Virgilio Ruiz, who are brothers, have filed motions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (“ § 2255”) to vacate their 1994 federal convictions for arson and other crimes in connection with a 1993 fire at a store that they owned. In early 2000, approximately a year and a half after the § 2255 statute of limitations period expired, Virgilio Ruiz unearthed, through a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request, a Boston Police Department (“BPD”) report filed in connection with a gas leak that occurred at the store approximately eighteen months…
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