ORDER:

(1) DENYING PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR TIME REDUCTION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2255

(2) DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

IRMA E. GONZALEZ, District Judge.

Petitioner Jesus Guzman-Castro, a federal inmate proceeding pro se, submitted a motion for time reduction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. [Doc. No. 26 in 12-cr-544.] Having considered Petitioner's arguments, and for the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Petitioner's motion.

BACKGROUND

Petitioner was charged with, and ultimately pled guilty to, violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960 (intentional importation of methamphetamine).1 [See Doc. No. 26.] With his Plea Agreement, Petitioner expressly "waive[d], to the full extent of the law, any right to appeal or to collaterally attack the conviction and sentence ... unless the Court impose[d] a custodial sentence above the greater of the high end of the guideline range recommended by the Government pursuant to this agreement at the time of sentencing or statutory mandatory minimum term, if applicable." [Doc. No. 15 at 10.] On September 10, 2012, the Court sentenced Petitioner to 46 months in federal custody (and three years of supervised release), the low end of the 46-57 month range recommended by the Government. [See Doc. Nos. 23, 24.]

With the present motion, Petitioner contends that, due to his alien status, he is ineligible for (1) a one-year reduction of sentence through a drug program, (2) an early release to a halfway house, and (3) a Unicor job, and that the availability of these programs to United States citizens, but not to aliens such as Petitioner, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the Equal Rights Act of 1964. [Doc. No. 26.]

DISCUSSION

Section 2255(a) authorizes the Court to "vacate, set aside or correct" a sentence of a federal prisoner that "was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States." Claims for relief under § 2255 must be based on some constitutional error, jurisdictional defect, or an error resulting in a "complete miscarriage of justice" or in a proceeding "inconsistent with the rudimentary demands of fair procedure." United States v. Timmreck, 441 U.S. 780, 783-84 (1979) (internal quotation marks omitted). If the record clearly indicates that a petitioner does not have a claim or that he has asserted "no more than conclusory allegations, unsupported by facts and refuted by the record," a district court may deny a § 2255 motion without an evidentiary hearing. United States v. Quan, 789 F.2d 711, 715 (9th Cir. 1986).

I. Waiver

It is clear that Petitioner waived any right to collaterally attack his sentence. "`A defendant's waiver of his appellate rights is enforceable if (1) the language of the waiver encompasses his right to appeal on the grounds raised, and (2) the waiver is knowingly and voluntarily made.'" United States v. Rahman, 642 F.3d 1257, 1259 (9th Cir. 2011) (citation omitted). In this case, as part of his Plea Agreement, Petitioner expressly waived "any right . . . to collaterally attack the conviction and sentence," unless "the Court impose[d] a custodial sentence above the greater of the high end of the guideline range recommended by the Government pursuant to this agreement at the time of sentencing." [Doc. No. 15 at 10.] The Court imposed a sentence of 46 months, the low end of the 46-57 month range recommended by the Government. [See Doc. Nos. 23, 24.] Because the Court did not impose a sentence above the high end of the guideline range recommended by the Government, waiver applies. Nor is there any indication that Petitioner's waiver was not knowingly and voluntarily made. Accordingly, Petitioner's valid waiver precludes collateral attack on his sentence. See United States v. Abarca, 985 F.2d 1012, 1014 (9th Cir. 1993); see also United States v. Navarro-Botello, 912 F.2d 318, 321-22 (9th Cir. 1990) (public policy supports plea agreements because, inter alia, of the finality that results).

CONCLUSION

Because Petitioner's collateral attack is precluded by a valid waiver, the Court DENIES Petitioner's motion for time reduction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The Court also denies a certificate of appealability because Petitioner has not "made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.