U.S. v. RAMIREZ, CR. 2:09-00380-05 WBS. (2013)
Court: District Court, E.D. California
Number: infdco20130620979
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Filed: Jun. 18, 2013
Latest Update: Jun. 18, 2013
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge. Defendant Valentin Cardinez Ramirez has filed with the court a document entitled Petition for Commutation of Sentence. (Docket No. 241.) The Petition is submitted on a form provided by the United States Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney, and requests "Executive Clemency" in the form of a reduction of defendant's prison sentence. The power to grant executive clemency rests exclusively with the President of the United States, and this co
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge. Defendant Valentin Cardinez Ramirez has filed with the court a document entitled Petition for Commutation of Sentence. (Docket No. 241.) The Petition is submitted on a form provided by the United States Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney, and requests "Executive Clemency" in the form of a reduction of defendant's prison sentence. The power to grant executive clemency rests exclusively with the President of the United States, and this cou..
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ORDER
WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.
Defendant Valentin Cardinez Ramirez has filed with the court a document entitled Petition for Commutation of Sentence. (Docket No. 241.) The Petition is submitted on a form provided by the United States Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney, and requests "Executive Clemency" in the form of a reduction of defendant's prison sentence. The power to grant executive clemency rests exclusively with the President of the United States, and this court has no authority to commute a sentence. See United States Constitution, Art. II, § 2, cl. 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1.1 et seq.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendant's Petition for Commutation of Sentence be, and the same hereby is DISMISSED.
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