Gire v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION EDWIN J. GIRE, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 19-cv-3079 ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) ORDER AND OPINION SUE E. MYERSCOUGH, U.S. District Judge: Before the Court is Petitioner Edwin J. Gire’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2255

(d/e 1). Petitioner alleges he received ineffective assistance of counsel throughout his criminal proceedings, which led to his guilty plea for unlawfully employing illegal aliens and his guilty verdict after a bench trial for visa…