Ortiz-Graulau v. United States

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Harold Ortiz-Graulau (“Ortiz”), currently serving a 180-month sentence following his federal child pornography conviction, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition for collateral relief. After review, we affirm the district court’s denial of the petition.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

In 2005, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Ortiz with possessing sexually explicit photographs of a minor, 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B), and exploiting a minor for the purpose of producing the photographs, 18 U.S.C. §…