Legal Opinion

Encarnacion-Nieves v. United States

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided June 23, 2025No. 3:22-cv-01081Unknown

1Opinion

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO SAMUEL ENCARNACION-NIEVES Petitioner, v. Civil No. 22-1081 (ADC) [Related to Crim. No. 18-597-18 (ADC)] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Samuel Encarnación-Nieves (“petitioner”) filed a pro se petition for relief under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

(“petition”), ECF No. 1. For the following reasons, the petition is DENIED.1 I. Procedural and factual background Petitioner “was a Puerto Rico Police Officer that abused his position of public or private trust.” Crim. No. 18-597, ECF No. 1532 at 6. He coordinated a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Dorsey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. David v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
  5. Argencourt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996

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