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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

OSCAR DIAZ-MARTINEZ,

Movant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent.

Case No.: 3:16-cv-01672-BEN

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ORDER DENYING AS MOOT 

MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, 

OR CORRECT SENTENCE UNDER 

28 U.S.C. § 2255

On June 10, 2015, Movant Oscar Diaz-Martinez was convicted and sentenced to 

30 months in custody for violating 8 U.S.C. §1326. Movant pleaded guilty pursuant to a 

plea agreement wherein he waived his right to collaterally attack his conviction and 

sentence. At the sentencing hearing he again waived his right to collaterally attack his 

conviction and sentence. Notwithstanding his waiver, on June 27, 2016, Movant 

proceeding pro se filed a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct his Sentence pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Docket No. 26.)1 In short, Movant’s motion asks the Court to 

vacate his sentence and re-sentence him; he did not challenge his conviction. (See 

generally Mot.) (requesting re-sentencing pursuant to Johnson v. United States, 135 S. 

 

1 All docket citations refer to the criminal case docket, No. 15-cr-01020-BEN-1.

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Ct. 2551 (2015) on the grounds that his conviction fell under the Residual Clause of the 

Armed Career Criminal Act). Respondent, the United States (“the government”), filed a 

response, opposing the motion. 

The Court takes judicial notice that on May 26, 2017, while Movant’s motion was 

pending, he was released from the Bureau of Prisons’ (“BOP’s”) custody. See Federal 

Bureau of Prisons Website, Inmate Locater Detail for Oscar Diaz-Martinez, Register No. 

49557-298, available at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/; Qureshi v. Sanders, 563 F. 

Supp. 2d 1154, 1156 n.2 (C.D. Cal. 2008) (taking judicial notice of BOP’s “Inmate 

Locator” website, which showed petitioner’s release from BOP’s custody). 

As a result, Movant’s motion is moot. See Aaron v. Pepperas, 790 F.2d 1360, 

1361-62 (9th Cir. 1986) (concluding petitioner’s habeas petition moot where petitioner 

has satisfied his sentence and “merely contests the imposition and duration of his 

sentence”). Therefore, Movant’s motion is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 6, 2018

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