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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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The Court adds that Olivas-Sauceda relies on a boilerplate petition that it has seen

a flood of in recent months. This petition, always filed by Mexican defendants seeking a

reduction in their sentence, argues that it violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment for

the United States to deny aliens a sentence reduction for entering a drug program or halfway

house. The Court has consistently denied this. See, e.g., Alejandro Rodriguez-Preciado v.

United States, Case No. 11-CV-2949, Dkt. No. 2 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 12, 2012) (“No due process

or equal protection issue arises merely because a defendant’s alien status excludes him

from certain programs available to citizens, within the prison system or without.”)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge 

2-27-12

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