George C. Watson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
George C. Watson, a federal prisoner, appeals a March 19, 1997 District Court order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. Because we find that Watson validly waived the right to collaterally attack his sentence in his plea agreement, we affirm the District Court’s judgment.
II. BACKGROUND
On January 30, 1990, Watson pleaded guilty pursuant to a Rule 11 plea agreement to one count of conspiring to sell and distribute methamphetamine during a ten-month period from on or about November 1988 through August 10, 1989.…
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