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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

 Plaintiff/Respondent,

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Timothy K. Isaac,

 Defendant/Movant.

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No. CV-11-0827-PHX-PGR (ECV)

No. CR-08-0036-PHX-PGR

 

 ORDER

 

Having considered de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Voss notwithstanding that no party has filed any objections to the Report and

Recommendation, the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly concluded that

the movant’s motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 should be denied in its

entirety.

First, the movant claims that his plea of guilty on June 23, 2009 to nine fraudrelated felonies was not knowingly and intelligently made due to a stroke he suffered

in 2003 that left him mentally incompetent and physically disabled, and that he

received ineffective assistance from one or more of his three retained attorneys in

part because they apparently failed to determine whether his mental and physical

disabilities prevented him from properly entering into the plea agreement. The Court

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agrees with the Magistrate Judge that nothing in the record establishes that the

movant was not competent to plead guilty, and that in fact the record as it relates (1)

to the movant’s post-stoke business endeavors in the years prior to his decision to

plead guilty, and (2) to his statements at his change of plea hearing, as well as his

statements and the statements of his supporters at his sentencing, fully confirm that

he was not suffering from any mental impairment at the time he entered into this plea

agreement.

Second, the Court also agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the movant’s

other ineffective assistance of counsel-related claims, i.e., that one of his attorneys

had a conflict of interest, that one of his attorneys had no criminal experience, and

that one or more of his attorneys’ misrepresented that he would receive probation

if he pleaded guilty, are also all belied by the record, particularly as it relates to the

movant’s statements at the change of plea hearing. Therefore,

IT IS ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation

(Doc. 12) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the movant Timothy K. Issac’s Motion Under

28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal

Custody is denied and that this action is dismissed. The Clerk of the Court shall

enter judgment accordingly.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no certificate of appealability shall issue

because the movant has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right, and that the movant should not be allowed to appeal in forma

pauperis.

DATED this 17th day of October, 2012.

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