Veras v. United States

DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #; UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DATE FILED: □□□□□□□ □□□ SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Nelson Veras, Petitioner, 14-cr-00468 (AT) —V— 15-cr-00551 (AJN) 15-cr-00651 (AJN) United States of America, 16-cv-09699 (AJN) Respondent. OPINION & ORDER ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: Petitioner Nelson Veras moves pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2255

for the Court to vacate his sentence on the grounds that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object at sentencing to the application of a sentencing enhancement for the possession of a firearm, U.S.S.G. §…