RUFFIN v. United States

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) ) Criminal No. 2:13-CR-00138-MRH Respondent, ) Civil No. 17-CV-00492-MRH ) vs. ) ) ANDRE DWAYNE RUFFIN, ) ) Petitioner, OPINION Mark R. Hornak, Chief United States District Judge Following a jury trial before another member of this Court in which he was found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), Petitioner Andre Ruffin (“Mr. Ruffin”) was sentenced to 300 months of imprisonment. (ECF No. 146.) At the time of sentencing, the applicable…