Khan v. United States

Leonie M. Brinkema, United States District Judge

Before the Court is Masoud Ahmad Khan's ("movant" or "Khan") Motion to Vacate Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 [Dkt. No. 849]. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background

On June 25, 2003, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indictment [Dkt. No. 1] charging Khan and ten other defendants with a number of offenses, all arising out of their preparations for violent jihad overseas and, with respect to some defendants including Khan, their travel to Pakistan to train with Laskhar-e-Taiba…