No. CR S-05-0113 LKK JFM.
May 23, 2008
JOHN MOULDS, Magistrate Judge
Movant, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court referred this case to the undersigned by order filed April 28, 2008.
Movant has filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis. Examination of the in forma pauperis affidavit reveals that movant is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).
On April 21, 2008, movant filed a motion for leave to amend his § 2255 motion. Movant's motion was not, however, accompanied by a proposed amended motion. However, movant also filed a motion for enlargement of time in which to file his amended motion. Accordingly, movant's motion for leave to amend will be denied, but movant will be granted an extension of time in which to renew his motion to amend and to provide a proposed amended motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Furthermore, although movant may submit a separate memorandum to support his motion for relief, the court's form must contain all relevant claims, and must provide the court with all necessary information. The court cannot refer to the original motion in order to make the amended motion complete. The amended motion must be complete in itself without reference to any prior pleading.
Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Movant's request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.
2. Movant's April 21, 2008 motion to amend is denied without prejudice.
3. Movant's April 21, 2008 motion for an extension of time is granted.
4. Within ninety days from the date of this order, movant shall renew his motion to amend and append his proposed amended § 2255 motion.
5. Any amended motion must be filed on the form employed by this court and must state all claims and prayers for relief on the form. It must bear the case number assigned to this action and must bear the title "Amended Motion."
6. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send movant the form for filing a § 2255 motion.
MOTION UNDER 28 USC § 2255 TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR CORRECT SENTENCE BY A PERSON IN FEDERAL CUSTODY
(If movant has a sentence to be served in the future under a federal judgment which he or she wishes to attack, the movant should file a motion in the federal court which entered the judgment.)
MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR CORRECT SENTENCE BY A PERSON IN FEDERAL CUSTODY
Explanation and Instructions — Read Carefully
in forma pauperis, in forma pauperis
(1) This motion must be legibly handwritten or typewritten, and signed by the movant under penalty of perjury. Any false statement of a material fact may serve as the basis for prosecution and conviction for perjury. All questions must be answered concisely in the proper space on the form. (2) Additional pages are not permitted except with respect to the facts which you rely upon to support your grounds for relief. No citation of authorities need be furnished. If briefs or arguments are submitted, they should be submitted in the form of a separate memorandum. (3) Upon receipt, your motion will be filed if it is in proper order. No fee is required with this motion. (4) If you do not have the necessary funds for transcripts, counsel, appeal, and other costs connected with a motion of this type, you may request permission to proceed in which event you must execute form AO 240 or any other form required by the court, setting forth information establishing your inability to pay the costs. If you wish to proceed , you must have an authorized officer at the penal institution complete the certificate as to the amount of money and securities on deposit to your credit in any account in the institution. (5) Only judgments entered by one court may be challenged in a single motion. If you seek to challenge judgments entered by different judges or divisions either in the same district or in different districts, you must file separate motions as to each such judgment. (6) Your attention is directed to the fact that you must include all grounds for relief and all facts supporting such grounds for relief in the motion you file seeking relief from any judgment of conviction. (7) When the motion is fully completed, the original and at least two copies must be mailed to the Clerk of the United States District Court whose address is (8) Motions which do not conform to these instructions will be returned with a notation as to the deficiency. MOTION UNDER 28 USC § 2255 TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR CORRECT SENTENCE BY A PERSON IN FEDERAL CUSTODY
United States District Court MOTION concisely CAUTION: If you fail to set forth all grounds in this motion, you may be barred from presenting additional grounds at a later date. briefly briefly briefly briefly District Name of Movant Prisoner No. Case No. Place of Confinement UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. (name under which convicted) 1. Name and location of court which entered the judgment of conviction under attack __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of judgment of conviction _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Length of sentence _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Nature of offense involved (all counts) ____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What was your plea? (Check one) (a) Not guilty (b) Guilty (c) Nolo contendere If you entered a guilty plea to one count or indictment, and a not guilty plea to another count or indictment, give details: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If you pleaded not guilty, what kind of trial did you have? (Check one) (a) Jury (b) Judge only 7. Did you testify at the trial? 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) Result ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) Date of result ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Other than a direct appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence, have you previously filed any petitions, applications, or motions with respect to this judgment in any federal court? Yes No 11. If your answer to 10 was "yes," give the following information: (a) (1) Name of court ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Nature of proceeding _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Grounds raised ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (4) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application or motion? Yes No (5) Result ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Date of result ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) As to any second petition, application or motion give the same information: (1) Name of court ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Name of proceeding _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Grounds raised ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (4) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application or motion? Yes No (5) Result ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) Date of result ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) Did you appeal, to an appellate federal court having jurisdiction, the result of action taken on any petition, application or motion? (1) First petition, etc. Yes No (2) Second petition, etc. Yes No (d) If you did not appeal from the adverse action on any petition, application or motion, explain briefly why you did not: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. State every ground on which you claim that you are being held in violation of the constitution, laws or treaties of the United States. Summarize briefly the facts supporting each ground. If necessary, you may attach pages stating additional grounds and facts supporting same. For your information, the following is a list of the most frequently raised grounds for relief in these proceedings. Each statement preceded by a letter constitutes a separate ground for possible relief. You may raise any grounds which you have other than those listed. However, you should raise in this motion all available grounds (relating to this conviction) on which you based your allegations that you are being held in custody unlawfully. Do not check any of these listed grounds. If you select one or more of these grounds for relief, you must allege facts. The motion will be returned to you if you merely check (a) through (j) or any one of these grounds. (a) Conviction obtained by plea of guilty which was unlawfully induced or not made voluntarily or with understanding of the nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea. (b) Conviction obtained by use of coerced confession. (c) Conviction obtained by use of evidence gained pursuant to an unconstitutional search and seizure. (d) Conviction obtained by use of evidence obtained pursuant to an unlawful arrest. (e) Conviction obtained by a violation of the privilege against self-incrimination. (f) Conviction obtained by the unconstitutional failure of the prosecution to disclose to the defendant evidence favorable to the defendant. (g) Conviction obtained by a violation of the protection against double jeopardy. (h) Conviction obtained by action of a grand or petit jury which was unconstitutionally selected and impaneled. (i) Denial of effective assistance of counsel. (j) Denial of right of appeal. A. Ground one: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (state without citing cases or law): __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ B. Ground two: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (state without citing cases or law): ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C. Ground three: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (state without citing cases or law): ____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ D. Ground four: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Supporting FACTS (state without citing cases or law): ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. If any of the grounds listed in 12A, B, C, and D were not previously presented, state briefly what grounds were not so presented, and give your reasons for not presenting them: _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Do you have any petition or appeal now pending in any court as to the judgment under attack? Yes No 15. Give the name and address, if known, of each attorney who represented you in the following stages of the judgment attacked herein: (a) At preliminary hearing ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) At arraignment and plea _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) At trial ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (d) At sentencing _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (e) On appeal ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (f) In any post-conviction proceeding ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (g) On appeal from any adverse ruling in a post-conviction proceeding __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Were you sentenced on more than one count of an indictment, or on more than one indictment, in the same court and at approximately the same time? Yes No 17. Do you have any future sentence to serve after you complete the sentence imposed by the judgment under attack? Yes No (a) If so, give name and location of court which imposed sentence to be served in the future: ____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (b) Give date and length of the above sentence: __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (c) Have you filed, or do you contemplate filing, any petition attacking the judgment which imposed the sentence to be served in the future? Yes No Wherefore, movant prays that the Court grant him all relief to which he may be entitled in this proceeding. ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of Attorney (if any) I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on _______________________________ Date ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of Movant