DCOSTA v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY KEVIN DCOSTA, : : Petitioner, : Civil Action No. 20-15029 (KSH) : v. : : OPINION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : : Respondent. : : ____________________________________: This matter has been opened to the Court by Kevin D’Costa’s1 pro se motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (See D.E. 1.) For the reasons below, the Court denies both the motion and a certificate of appealability. In advance of explaining the reasons for its ruling, the Court notes that, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)…