Legal Opinion
United States v. Valdez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1999No. 98-35526PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Federal prisoner Michael Valdez filed a post-conviction petition for relief that was construed by the district court as a § 2255 motion and dismissed as untimely. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, and because we hold that Valdez’s motion was not time-barred, we reverse and remand.
I
In 1991, a jury convicted Valdez of drug-trafficking, and of using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (1991). Valdez was sentenced to 87 months’ imprisonment on the drug offenses and to a…
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