United States v. Cosmo Fazio

OPINION

CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.

Cosmo Fazio appeals the District Court’s denial of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In his motion, Fazio asserted that his plea counsel was ineffective because he failed to warn Fazio properly of the immigration consequences of his guilty plea, as required by the Supreme Court in Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010). Notwithstanding plea counsel’s purported error, the plea agreement— which plea counsel reviewed with Fazio thoroughly — contained a waiver of collateral-attack…