Lechuga v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Rubén Castillo, Chief Judge

Presently before the Court is Petitioner Lionel Lechuga’s pro se petition to vacate his conviction and set aside his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the reasons set forth below, the Court orders an evidentiary hearing on the factual bases of Petitioner’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

RELEVANT FACTS

The relevant facts relating to Petitioner’s criminal conviction are set forth in a published opinion by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, see United States v. Morales, 655 F.3d 608 (7th Cir.2011), and are repeated here…