Legal Opinion

De-La-Cruz v. United States

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided March 6, 2012No. Civil No. 09-1273 (DRD); Criminal No. 04-303 (DRD)PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

DANIEL R. DOMÍNGUEZ, District Judge.

Before the Court is Petitioner Juan DeLa-Cruz’s writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 filed on March 19, 2009 (Docket No. 1). The Government opposed Petitioner’s motion on August 3, 2009 (Docket No. 7) and Petitioner filed a reply on August 27, 2009 (Docket No. 8).

On March 19, 2009, Petitioner filed the instant complaint (Docket No. 1) with this Court alleging that his prior counsel in 04-cr-303 was ineffective when he failed to request the two level safety valve reduction and an additional one level reduction for acceptance of…

2Cases cited61 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Thomas v. ArnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Mathews v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  5. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ramirez-Burgos v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2013
  2. Martinez-Hernandez v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2020
  3. Ocasio-Ruiz v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2020
  4. Santos-Martinez v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2015
  5. Villega-Angulo v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2016

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