Filed: Aug. 04, 2014
Latest Update: Aug. 04, 2014
Summary: ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT Dkt. 162 SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, District Judge. Defendant Omar Alexis Sanchez and two others were charged in a two-count superseding information which charged him with conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. 1951(a), and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, id. 924(c). Dkt. 125, 137. Pursuant to a written Plea Agreement governed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C), Defendant pleade
Summary: ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT Dkt. 162 SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, District Judge. Defendant Omar Alexis Sanchez and two others were charged in a two-count superseding information which charged him with conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. 1951(a), and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, id. 924(c). Dkt. 125, 137. Pursuant to a written Plea Agreement governed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C), Defendant pleaded..
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ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT Dkt. 162
SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, District Judge.
Defendant Omar Alexis Sanchez and two others were charged in a two-count superseding information which charged him with conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, id. § 924(c). Dkt. 125, 137. Pursuant to a written Plea Agreement governed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C), Defendant pleaded guilty to both counts. On September 23, 2013, the Court sentenced Defendant to sixty months and one day in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (consisting of one day on count one and sixty months on count two to run consecutively).1 Dkt. 146. Judgment was entered on October 2, 2013. Dkt. 147.
On July 21, 2014, Defendant filed the instant pro se Motion to Dismiss the Indictment Due to a Denial of the Protections Mandated by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution and Outrageous Governmental Conduct. Dkt. 162. Where a judgment has been entered, any challenge to the legality of a federal prisoner's detention should be presented by way of a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, or in limited circumstances, a habeas corpus petition under § 2241. See Marrero v. Ives, 682 F.3d 1190, 1192 (9th Cir. 2012). Nonetheless, even if the Court were to so construe the instant motion, Defendant, unfortunately has no avenues for relief based on the allegations presented.
As part of his plea agreement, Defendant waived his right to bring a 2255 motion or habeas petition attacking his conviction or sentence, except as to a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel. Dkt. 117 ¶ 5. Nowhere in his motion does Defendant allege that his counsel was constitutionally ineffective. Moreover, any claim of outrageous behavior on the part of the government is waived, as "it is well settled that an unconditional guilty plea constitutes a waiver of the right to appeal all nonjurisdictional antecedent rulings and cures all antecedent constitutional defects." United States v. Lopez-Armenta, 400 F.3d 1173, 1175 (9th Cir. 2005).2 Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the Indictment Due to a Denial of the Protections Mandated by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution and Outrageous Governmental Conduct, which is liberally construed as a 2255 motion, is DENIED. Because Defendant has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, and because the Court finds that reasonable jurists would not debate the denial of his motion, see Mendez v. Knowles, 556 F.3d 757, 771 (9th Cir. 2009), the Court declines to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
