Ron C. Broadwater v. United States

Defendant-appellant Ronald Broadwater (“Broadwater”) filed a pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion on December 28, 1999 challenging his conviction and sentence for possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. Broadwater alleged six substantive ineffective assistance of counsel errors. On January 3, 2000, the District Court summarily denied the motion in a one-sentence order stating, “[t]he Defendant’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct His Sentence Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Doc. No. 168, filed December 28,1999) is DENIED.” (No. 99-1265-Civ-J-20B).

We vacate and remand so that the…