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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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 While the record establishes that the copy of the Report and

Recommendation mailed to the defendant’s last address of record was returned

as undeliverable and unforwardable, the Court notes that the defendant was

specifically admonished in an order (doc. #82 in CR-04-0021-PHX-PGR), entered

on May 7, 2008, that he was required to file a notice of any change of address

and that his failure to do so could lead to the dismissal of this action.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America,

Plaintiff-Respondent

vs.

Jesus Rivero Jaquez-Diaz,

 Defendant-Movant.

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No. CV-08-0569-PHX-PGR (MHB)

No. CR-04-0021-PHX-PGR

 

 ORDER

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Burns notwithstanding that no party has filed any objection to the Report

and Recommendation, the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly

determined that the defendant’s motion, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255,

should be denied as being without any factual or legal merit.1

 

First, as a result of his plea agreement, the defendant voluntarily and

validly waived his right to collaterally attack his conviction and sentence through a

§ 2255 motion. Second, while the defendant claims that his counsel was

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ineffective at sentencing for advising him that he would not be deported to Mexico

if he entered a plea agreement, that contention fails both as a matter of law, since

an attorney’s failure to advise a client of collateral immigration consequences of a

conviction does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel, and as a matter

of fact, since the record clearly establishes that the defendant was specifically

placed on notice by the presentence report that he could be deported if convicted

and there is no evidence that his counsel advised him otherwise. Third, the

defendant’s claim of actual innocence is factually and legally meritless given the

admissions of guilt set forth in the written plea agreement he signed and his

sworn statements of guilt made during the plea colloquy. Therefore,

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

(doc. #2 in CV-08-569-PHX-PGR) is accepted and adopted by the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the defendant-movant’s Motion Under 28

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

Custody (doc. #1 in CV-08-0569-PHX-PGR and doc. #80 in CR-04-0021-PHXPGR) is denied. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment accordingly.

DATED this 2nd day of February, 2009.

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