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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Danny Gabriel Velasco, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

United States of America, 

Respondent.

No. CV-15-01389-PHX-NVW (BSB)

 CR-08-00668-PHX-NVW 

ORDER AND 

DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE OF 

APPEALABILITY AND IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS STATUS 

Before the Court are Petitioner’s Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set 

Aside or Correct Sentence by Person in Federal Custody (Doc. 1), United States 

Magistrate Judge Bade’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. 9) and Petitioner’s 

Objections to the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation (Docs. 12, 17). 

 The Court has considered Petitioner’s objections and reviewed the Report and 

Recommendation de novo. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (stating that 

the Court must make a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and 

Recommendation to which specific objections are made). The Court accepts the 

magistrate judge’s recommended disposition within the meaning of Rule 72(b), Fed. R. 

Civ. P., and overrules Petitioner’s objections. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (stating that the 

district court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or 

recommendations made by the magistrate”). 

 The prior plea agreements or other documents Petitioner seeks could not affect his 

Petition. As a matter of law his prior convictions resulting in his mandatory minimum 

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sentence as an armed career criminal were all crimes of violence based on elements, not 

on the residual clause. Moreover, any challenge based on elements is long time barred. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of 

Magistrate Judge Bade (Doc. 9) to deny Petitioner’s motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is 

accepted. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to 

Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence by Person in Federal Custody (Doc. 1) is denied 

and dismissed. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment 

accordingly and terminate this action. 

 Having considered the issuance of a Certificate of Appealability from the order 

denying Petitioner’s Motion Under 28 U.S.C. 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside or 

Correct Sentence by Person in Federal Custody the Court FINDS: Certificate of 

Appealability and leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal are denied because 

Movant has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. 

 Dated this 7th day of December, 2015. 

Neil V. Wake

United States District Judge

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