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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, ) Case No. 12-CR-2019 L ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING 

vs. ) MOTION TO VACATE ) [ECF No. 26.] MIGUEL NOLASCO-HERNANDEZ, )) Defendant. )

___________________________________ )

 

Pending before the Court is Petitioner Miguel Nolasco-Hernandez’s Motion

to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. [ECF No.

26]). The Court has reviewed the Motion, as well as the relevant records on the

docket. 

The record establishes that on June 14, 2012, Petitioner entered into a fasttrack Plea Agreement, and waived both his right to appeal and collaterally attack

his conviction and sentence. (Plea Agreement [Doc. 16] ¶ 11.) He claims that his

attorney did not inform him of the consequences of waiving his rights, and

therefore he did not make an intelligent and educated waiver of his rights.

However, a thorough review of the Plea Agreement shows that Petitioner

knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal and collaterally attack his

sentence. This Court, therefore, lacks jurisdiction to consider any collateral

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challenge to his conviction and sentence. See Washington v. Lampert, 422 F.3d

864 F.3d 864, 869–70 (9th Cir. 2005) (recognizing that if sentencing stipulation’s

waiver of the right to file a federal habeas petition was valid, district court lacked

jurisdiction to hear the case).

Accordingly, the Court DENIES the Motion [ECF No. 26].

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 15, 2013

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

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