Case No.: 8:10-cv-2743-T-24 TGW, 8:04-cr-348-T-24 TGW.
December 15, 2010
SUSAN BUCKLEW, District Judge
This cause is before the Court upon Petitioner Trucchio's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct an allegedly illegal sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2255. (CV Doc. No. 1; CR Doc. No. 932). However, Petitioner did not use the required form for his motion, AO Form 243. Furthermore, Petitioner did not specifically explain his ground for relief. Instead, he made the following vague assertions:
Petitioner asserts that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States because newly discovered evidence disproves the central premise of the government's case against him and the evidence upon which his sentence is based. Thus, it is probable that the results would be different if he were retried and/or re-sentenced. More specifically, newly discovered evidence proves that Petitioner's conviction is based upon the perjured testimony of cooperating witnesses who lied regarding Petitioner's authority over their actions and consequent responsibility for their crimes. In addition, a portion of the newly discovered evidence is exculpatory in nature, was in the government's possession prior to trial, and was not produced to Petitioner. The facts and legal arguments supporting this claim are set forth more fully in the accompanying memorandum of law and are incorporated by reference herein.
(CV Doc. No. 1, p. 3, ¶ 12). Finally, despite stating that his argument was set forth more fully in an accompanying memorandum of law, no such memorandum was filed.
Given these deficiencies, there is no way for this Court to determine if the motion is timely. This motion was not filed within one year after Petitioner's conviction became final, as the motion would have to have been filed by October 20, 2009. While Petitioner contends that the motion was filed within one year after the new evidence was discovered, the Court does not have sufficient information before it to determine if that is correct.
The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's petition for writ of certiorari on October 20, 2008. Trucchio v. U.S., 129 S. Ct. 477 (2008).
Accordingly, the Court denies the motion without prejudice and directs Petitioner to refile the motion by January 7, 2011 on the appropriate form, which is attached to this Order. Additionally, Petitioner is directed to specifically identify and explain his ground for relief and to give the Court sufficient information to determine whether the motion is timely filed. Failure to comply with this Order will result in this Court closing the civil case without further notice.
DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida, this 15th day of December, 2010.
MOTION
facts GROUND ONE Direct Appeal of Ground One: Post-Conviction Proceedings: GROUND TWO: Direct Appeal of Ground Two: Post-Conviction Proceedings: GROUND THREE: Direct Appeal of Ground Three: Post-Conviction Proceedings: GROUND FOUR: Direct Appeal of Ground Four: Post-Conviction Proceedings: now pending 28 U.S.C. § 2255 28 U.S.C. § 2255
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") as contained in 28 U.S.C. § 2255, paragraph 6, provides in part that:
A one-year period of limitation shall apply to a motion under this section. The limitation period shall run from the latest of —
(1) the date on which the judgment of conviction became final;
(2) the date on which the impediment to making a motion created by governmental action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States is removed, if the movant was prevented from making such a motion by such governmental action;
(3) the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court, if that right has been newly recognized by the Supreme Court and made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review; or
(4) the date on which the facts supporting the claim or claims presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence.
1. (a) Name and location of court which entered the judgment of conviction you are challenging: ________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Criminal docket or case number (if you know): ___________________________________________________ 2. (a) Date of the judgment of conviction (if you know): _______________________________________________ (b) Date of sentencing: _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Length of sentence: _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Nature of crime (all counts): _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. (a) What was your plea? (Check one) (1) Not guilty [] (2) Guilty [] (3) Nolo contendere (no contest) [] (b) If you entered a guilty plea to one count or indictment, and a not guilty plea to another count or what did you plead guilty to and what did you plead not guilty to? __________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If you went to trial, what kind of trial did you have? (Check one) Jury [] Judge only [] 7. Did you testify at a pretrial hearing, trial, or post-trial hearing? Yes [] No [] 8. Did you appeal from the judgment of conviction? Yes [] No [] 9. If you did appeal, answer the following: (a) Name of court: __________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Docket or case number (if you know): ____________________________________________________________ (c) Result: _________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) Date of result (if you know): ___________________________________________________________________ (e) Citation to the case (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ (f) Grounds raised: _________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (g) Did you file a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court? Yes [] No [] If "Yes." answer the following: ________________________________________________________________ (1) Docket or case number (if you know): _______________________________________________________ (2) Result: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Date of result (if you know): ______________________________________________________________ (4) Citation to the case (if you know): ________________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Other than the direct appeals listed above, have you previously filed any other motions, petitions, or applications, concerning this judgment of conviction in any court? Yes [] No [] 11. If your answer to Question 10 was "Yes," give the following information: (a) (1) Name of court: _____________________________________________________________________________ (2) Docket or case number (if you know): _______________________________________________________ (3) Date of filing (if you know): ______________________________________________________________ (4) Nature of the proceeding: __________________________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (7) Result: ____________________________________________________________________________________ (8) Date of result (if you know): ______________________________________________________________ (b) If you filed any second motion, petition, or application, give the same information: (1) Name of court: _______________________________________________________________________________ (2) Docket of case number (if you know): _________________________________________________________ (3) Date of filing (if you know): ________________________________________________________________ (4) Nature of the proceeding: ____________________________________________________________________ (5) Grounds raised: ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Did you receive a hearing where evidence was given on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (7) Result: ______________________________________________________________________________________ (8) Date of result (if you know): ________________________________________________________________ (c) Did you appeal to a federal appellate court having jurisdiction over the action taken on your motion, petition, or application? (1) First petition: Yes [] No [] (2) Second petition: Yes [] No [] (d) If you did not appeal from the action on any motion, petition, or application, explain briefly why you did not: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. For this motion, state every ground on which you claim that you are being held in violation of the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. Attach additional pages if you have more than four grounds. State the supporting each ground. : _____________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes [] No [] (2) If you did not raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: __________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) Did you raise this issue in any post-conviction motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (2) If you answer to Question (c)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ______________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: _______________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (5) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," did you raise the issue in the appeal? Yes [] No [] (6) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (c)(4) or Question (c)(5) is "No," explain why you did not appeal or raise this issue: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes [] No [] (2) If you did not raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: __________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) Did you raise this issue in any post-conviction motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (2) If you answer to Question (c)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ______________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (5) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," did you raise the issue in the appeal? Yes [] No [] (6) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (c)(4) or Question (c)(5) is "No," explain why you did not appeal or raise this issue: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes [] No [] (2) If you did not raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) Did you raise this issue in any post-conviction motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (2) If you answer to Question (c)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ______________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (5) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," did you raise the issue in the appeal? Yes [] No [] (6) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (c)(4) or Question (c)(5) is "No," explain why you did not appeal or raise this issue: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (a) Supporting facts (Do not argue or cite law. Just state the specific facts that support your claim.): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) (1) If you appealed from the judgment of conviction, did you raise this issue? Yes [] No [] (2) If you did not raise this issue in your direct appeal, explain why: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) (1) Did you raise this issue in any post-conviction motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (2) If you answer to Question (c)(1) is "Yes," state: Type of motion or petition: ______________________________________________________________________ Name and location of the court where the motion or petition was filed: ___________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Did you receive a hearing on your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (4) Did you appeal from the denial of your motion, petition, or application? Yes [] No [] (5) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," did you raise the issue in the appeal? Yes [] No [] (6) If your answer to Question (c)(4) is "Yes," state: Name and location of the court where the appeal was filed: _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Docket or case number (if you know): _____________________________________________________________ Date of the court's decision: ____________________________________________________________________ Result (attach a copy of the court's opinion or order, if available): ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) If your answer to Question (c)(4) or Question (c)(5) is "No," explain why you did not appeal or raise this issue: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Is there any ground in this motion that you have not previously presented in some federal court? If so, which ground or grounds have not been presented, and state your reasons for not presenting them: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Do you have any motion, petition, or appeal (filed and not decided yet) in any court for the you are challenging? Yes [] No [] If "Yes," state the name and location of the court, the docket or case number, the type of proceeding, and the issues raised. _____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Give the name and address, if known, of each attorney who represented you in the following stages of the you are challenging: (a) At the preliminary hearing: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) At the arraignment and plea: ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) At the trial: __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) At sentencing: _________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (e) On appeal: _____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (f) In any post-conviction proceeding: _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (g) On appeal from any ruling against you in a post-conviction proceeding: _________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Were you sentenced on more than one court of an indictment, or on more than one indictment, in the same court and at the same time? Yes [] No [] 17. Do you have any future sentence to serve after you complete the sentence for the judgment that you are challenging? Yes [] No [] (a) If so, give name and location of court that imposed the other sentence you will serve in the future: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Give the date the other sentence was imposed: __________________________________________________ (c) Give the length of the other sentence: _________________________________________________________ (d) Have you filed, or do you plan to file, any motion, petition, or application that challenges the judgment or sentence to be served in the future? Yes [] No [] 18. TIMELINESS OF MOTION: If your judgment of conviction became final over one year ago, you must explain why the one-year statute of limitations as contained in does not bar your motion. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Therefore, movant asks that the Court grant the following relief: ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ or any other relief to which movant may be entitled. ________________________________ Signature of Attorney (if any) I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this Motion under was placed in the prison mailing system on___________________________________ (month, date, year) Executed (signed) on_______________________________________________(date) ________________________________ Signature of Movant If the person signing is not movant, state relationship to movant and explain why movant is not signing this motion. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________