GALE v. United States

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) v. ) Case Nos. 2:19-CR-12, 2:20-CR-40 ) JOSEPH T. GALE, ) ) Defendant. ) ) OPINION Presently before the Court is Defendant Joseph T. Gale’s motion to vacate his sentence (ECF 101).1 He argues that his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Third Circuit’s decision in ,

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(3d Cir. 2020), and that his lawyer was ineffective for failing to stay his case pending and was otherwise ineffective during sentencing. After carefully considering the…