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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 11cr4912-LAB-1 and

12cv1624-LAB

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

REDUCE SENTENCE PURSUANT

TO 28 U.S.C. § 2255

vs.

RENE LUIS RIEBELING,

Defendant.

Defendant Rene Luis Riebeling pleaded guilty to one count of attempted reentry after

deportation. Pursuant to his plea agreement (Docket no. 19), Riebeling waived appeal or

collateral attack unless the Court imposed a custodial sentence higher than the guideline

range the government had agreed to recommend. The government kept its bargain

(compare Docket no. 19 (plea agreement) and Docket no. 24 (government’s sentencing

summary chart)), and the Court sentenced Riebeling below the resulting guideline range.

Riebeling therefore waived appeal or collateral attack.

Ignoring this, Riebeling filed a motion to reduce his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2255. The motion consists of boilerplate that is apparently circulating among federal

prisoners. It argues, in essence, that because Riebeling is a non-citizen, he is suffering

greater hardship than a U.S. citizen would. These arguments have repeatedly and

consistently been rejected as meritless by this and other courts. See, e.g., Patterson-Romo

v. United States, 2012 WL 2060872 (S.D.Cal., June 7, 2012) (Gonzalez, J.); United States

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v. Beltran-Palafox, 2012 WL 899262 at *2 and n.14 (D.Kan., Mar. 16, 2012);

Aguilar-Marroquin v. United States, 2011 WL 1344251 (S.D.Cal., Apr. 8, 2011) (Huff, J.);

Rendon-Inzunza v. United States, 2010 WL 3076271 (S.D.Cal., Aug. 6, 2010) (Burns, J.).

Riebeling’s arguments that he is unjustly being treated differently than similarly-sitated

U.S. citizens are doubly frivolous here, because the crime he committed—attempted reentry

following deportation—can only be committed by non-citizens. 

Even if Riebeling had not waived collateral attack, the motion would be denied on the

merits as baseless. The motion is DENIED WITH PREJUDICE and a certificate of

appealability is also DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 15, 2013

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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