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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

United States of America,

 Plaintiff/Respondent,

vs.

Jose Gaspar-Ceballos,

 Defendant/Movant.

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No. CV-12-00205-PHX-PGR (ECV)

No. CR-10-01360-PHX-PGR

 

 ORDER 

Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate

Judge Voss notwithstanding that no party has filed any objections to the Report and

Recommendation, the Court finds that the Magistrate Judge correctly determined

that the movant’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside of Correct Sentence by a Person in

Federal Custody, timely filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, should be denied.

The Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the record of the movant’s

criminal proceeding in no way supports the movant’s sole claim that his guilty plea

to the charge of reentry by a removed alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 was not

knowingly and voluntarily entered as a result of his counsel’s allegedly deficient

representation. The transcripts of the movant’s change of plea hearing and of his

sentencing (Docs. 27 and 28 in CR-10-01360-PHX-PGR) and the minute entries

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from those proceedings (Docs. 14 and 15 in CR-10-01360-PHX-PGR) establish that

the requirements of Fed.R.CrimP. 11 were fully complied with by the Court, that the

movant, with the help of certified court Spanish interpreters, fully understood the

proceedings, fully understood his rights, what he was pleading to, and the

ramifications of his plea, that he never complained to the Court about his counsel’s

representation at the time of those proceedings, and that his counsel diligently and

properly represented him during both proceedings. Therefore, 

IT IS ORDERED that movant Gaspar-Ceballos’ Motion Under 28 U.S.C. §

2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody

(Doc. 36 in CV-10-01360-PHX-PGR/Doc. 1 in CV-12-00205-PHX-PGR) is denied

and that CV-12-00205-PHX-PGR is dismissed. The Clerk of the Court shall enter

judgment accordingly.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no certificate of appealability shall issue and

that leave to appeal in forma pauperis is denied because the movant has not made

a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.

DATED this 17th day of June, 2013.

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