Government of the Virgin Islands v. Morales

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WARREN H. YOUNG, District Judge.

Petitioner, now serving a sentence of 35 years,1 moves for the second time under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2255, to vacate the judgment of conviction entered upon his plea of guilty on the ground that his plea was involuntary.2 The first petition was docketed on September 7, 1967, at which time *124the defendant was a federal prisoner incarcerated at Lewisberg, Pennsylvania. On May 14, 1968, the District Judge summarily denied the petition for relief. One year later the defendant sought to obtain a transcript of the proceeding at which the…