Legal Opinion

Bright v. United States

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Decided October 7, 2019No. 3:16-cv-03267Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION MARTIEZ BRIGHT, ) ) Movant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 3:16-cv-03267 ) Judge Aleta A. Trauger UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM Martiez Bright has filed a pro se Motion Under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody (Doc. No. 1), challenging an allegedly illegal sentence previously imposed by this court. See United States v. Bright, No. 3:12-cr-00091 (M.D. Tenn. Mar. 8, 2016) (Judgment, Doc No. 54).1 As explained below, the court finds that an…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015

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