Juan Manuel Bernard Palacios v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Juan Manuel Bernard Palacios, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate. Reversible error has been shown; we vacate and remand for additional proceedings.
Palacios was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to conspiracy to launder money and money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), (a)(2)(A), (h). Palacios filed a section 2255 motion to vacate in which he raised five claims, including that his lawyer was ineffective for failing to file a direct appeal. Following an evidentiary hearing on…
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