McDonald v. U.S., CR 114-068. (2018)
Court: District Court, S.D. Georgia
Number: infdco20180403a12
Visitors: 4
Filed: Apr. 02, 2018
Latest Update: Apr. 02, 2018
Summary: ORDER BRIAN K. EPPS , Magistrate Judge . Petitioner, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute in Edgefield, South Carolina, filed with this Court a motion under 28 U.S.C. 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. Because of the lack of detail concerning Ground II(c), in which Petitioner claims counsel was ineffective for "`fail[ing] to advise the Petitioner to accept a plea instead of electing for trial,'" the Court ordered Petitioner to provide a sworn statement describi
Summary: ORDER BRIAN K. EPPS , Magistrate Judge . Petitioner, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute in Edgefield, South Carolina, filed with this Court a motion under 28 U.S.C. 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. Because of the lack of detail concerning Ground II(c), in which Petitioner claims counsel was ineffective for "`fail[ing] to advise the Petitioner to accept a plea instead of electing for trial,'" the Court ordered Petitioner to provide a sworn statement describin..
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ORDER
BRIAN K. EPPS, Magistrate Judge.
Petitioner, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute in Edgefield, South Carolina, filed with this Court a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. Because of the lack of detail concerning Ground II(c), in which Petitioner claims counsel was ineffective for "`fail[ing] to advise the Petitioner to accept a plea instead of electing for trial,'" the Court ordered Petitioner to provide a sworn statement describing the details of his claim. (Doc. no. 6 (quoting doc. no. 4, p. 4).) Petitioner has now done so. (Doc. no. 8.) Accordingly, the Court ORDERS the government to file a response to Petitioner's detailed Ground II(c) allegations within twenty-one days of this order.
SO ORDERED.
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