Echevarria v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

On July 25, 2008, petitioner Moses Echevarria (“Echevarria”) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and subsequently was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment. Echevarria now moves pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his plea and his sentence. For the reasons explained below, Echevarria’s motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

The facts of the case are straightforward. Echevarria was introduced to co-defendant George Chavez (“Chavez”) in 2006. Chavez agreed to provide…