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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, 

 v. 

Erasmo Lopez-Valencia, 

Defendant/Movant. 

No. CV 15-1320-PHX-SMM (JFM) 

 CR 14-1153-PHX-SMM 

 O R D E R 

 On July 13, 2015, Movant Erasmo Lopez-Valencia, who is confined in the Giles 

W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Post, Texas, filed a pro se Motion Under 28 U.S.C. 

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

Court will summarily deny the Motion. 

Movant pled guilty to Re-Entry of Removed Alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 

§ 1326(a), with sentencing enhancement pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1). On 

December 11, 2014, the Court sentenced Movant to a 27-month term of imprisonment 

followed by 3 years on supervised release. 

 On June 29, 2015, Movant filed a Notice of Appeal to the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from the judgment of conviction and sentence. The United 

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has instructed the district courts that they 

should not entertain § 2255 motions while there is a direct appeal pending in either the 

Ninth Circuit or the Supreme Court. United States v. Deeb, 944 F.2d 545, 548 (9th Cir. 

1991); Feldman v. Henman, 815 F.2d 1318, 1320 (9th Cir. 1987); see also United States 

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v. Pirro, 104 F.3d 297, 299 (9th Cir. 1997); Rule 5, Rules Governing Section 2255 

Proceedings for the United States District Courts, Advisory Comm. Note (1976) (absent 

extraordinary circumstances, the orderly administration of criminal justice precludes a 

district court from considering a § 2255 motion while review of the direct appeal is still 

pending). Accordingly, Movant’s § 2255 Motion will be denied without prejudice 

pending resolution of Movant’s direct appeal. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to 

Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody (Doc. 36 in 

CR 14-1153-PHX-SMM) is denied and that the civil action opened in connection with 

this Motion (CV 15-1320-PHX-SMM (JFM)) is dismissed without prejudice. The 

Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly. 

 DATED this 22nd day of July, 2016. 

Honorable Stephen M. McNamee

Senior United States District Judge

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