Legal Opinion

Morales v. United States

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided November 27, 2013No. 12 C 9144Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Chief Judge Ruben Castillo, United States District Court

Presently before the Court is Petitioner Mariano Morales’s pro se motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the reasons set forth below, Petitioner’s motion is denied, and this case is dismissed with prejudice.

RELEVANT FACTS

The relevant facts relating to Petitioner’s criminal conviction are set forth in a published opinion by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, see United States v. Morales § Morales II), 655 F.3d 608 (7th Cir.2011), and are repeated here only as…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Yarborough v. GentrySupreme Court of the United States · 2003

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