Gibson v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

CHARLES R. NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the Court is Movant Joseph Gibson’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the following reasons, the motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND 1

A. Facts

To end his feud with a rival drug dealer, Joseph Gibson (“Gibson”) in early 2006 enlisted Walter Hampton (“Hampton”) to kill the rival dealer. In exchange, Gibson would give Hampton profits from his drug sales. Gibson would also provide a “clean” gun for the murder. (A “clean” gun has no serial number.) Hampton had misgivings and revealed…