Mattei-Albizu v. United States

OPINION & ORDER

DANIEL R. DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.

Before the Court is Petitioner’s 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 habeas corpus petition (D.E. # 1) 1 . Respondent filed a response to the Petition (D.E. # 13). For the reasons discussed below, the Court finds that Petitioner’s request is DENIED.

I. BACKGROUND

On August 30, 2001, March 7, 2000, Petitioner, Julio Mattei-Albizu (hereinafter “Petitioner” or “Mattei-Albizu”) was charged along with ten (10) other co-defendants with conspiracy to distribute multikilogram quantities of controlled substances; to wit one (1) kilogram of heroin, in excess of five (5)…