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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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ASH 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Fernando Rivera-Aispuro, 

Defendant/Movant. 

No. CV 14-0734-PHX-DGC (BSB) 

 CR 13-0149-PHX-DGC (JFM) 

ORDER 

 Movant Fernando Rivera-Aispuro, who is confined in the Giles W. Dalby 

Correctional Facility in Post, Texas, has filed a pro se “Motion for Early Release 

Pursuant to Title 18 USC 3624.” The Court will deny the Motion. 

 This matter has been opened as a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2255. However, Movant’s Motion does not refer to § 2255 except to say that his 

Motion is “not a civil post-conviction relief pleading.” Nor does he refer to any other 

jurisdictional basis for his Motion. Although the Court may construe a pro se motion as a 

§ 2255 motion, it may not do so without first giving certain warnings to the movant. In 

Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375, 377 (2003), the Supreme Court held that a district 

court may not recharacterize a motion as a defendant’s first § 2255 motion without first 

warning him that the recharacterization will subject subsequent § 2255 motions to the 

law’s “second or successive” restrictions, and allowing him an opportunity to withdraw 

or to amend the motion. But even if the Court would provide Movant with the requisite 

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Castro warning, it would not recharacterize this matter as a motion brought under § 2255 

because his claim for relief is frivolous. 

 In his Motion, Movant seeks relief under a bill known as the Federal Bureau of 

Prisons Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2013, H.R. 62, 113th Cong. (2013-2014), 

which was introduced in Congress to amend 18 U.S.C. § 3624. However, that bill has 

not yet been enacted into law. Accordingly, Movant’s Motion has no arguable basis in 

fact or in law. 

IT IS ORDERED that Movant’s “Motion for Early Release Pursuant to Title 18 

USC 3624” (Doc. 35 in CR 13-0149-PHX-DGC (JFM)) is denied and that the civil 

action opened in connection with this Motion (CV 14-0734-PHX-DGC (BSB)) is 

dismissed. The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly. 

 Dated this 7th day of May, 2014. 

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