Justin Garrett v. United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA EASTERN DIVISION JUSTIN GARRETT, ) ) Petitioner, ) v. ) Case No. 3:25-cv-595-RAH-SMD ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Petitioner Justin Garrett’s Motion to Vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, which collaterally attacks the conviction and sentence in his underlying criminal case. Garrett principally asserts that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by: (1) failing to obtain or use an alleged jail call with a co-defendant that Garrett contends would…