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Parties Involved:
Ricardo Guzman-Ovares
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Ricardo Guzman-Ovares,

Petitioner,

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United States of America, 

Respondent.

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CR 04-463-TUC-DCB

CV 05-622-TUC-DCB

ORDER

Pending before this Court is Petitioner's "Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct

Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody (28 U.S.C. § 2255)." (document 48) On July 19,

2005, however, Petitioner filed his Notice of Appeal of his June 21, 2005, conviction and

sentence. (document 40) That appeal remains pending with the Ninth Circuit. 

When Petitioner filed his Notice of Appeal, he conferred jurisdiction on the

Ninth Circuit and divested this Court "of its control over those aspects of the case

involved in the appeal." United States v. Ortega-Lopez, 988 F.2d 70, 72 (9th Cir. 1993)

(quoting Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58, 103 S.Ct. 400,

401 (1982)) (internal quotations omitted). The aspect of Petitioner's case involved in the

appeal is his sentence and whether some reduction is warranted. This is precisely the

issue raised in Petitioner's Motion currently pending before this Court. Therefore, this

Court lacks jurisdiction to consider Petitioner's Motion to Vacate. See Id.

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Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner's Motion to Vacate (CR 04-463, document 48)

is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that civil case number CV 05-622 is

DISMISSED without prejudice

DATED this 4th day of November, 2005.

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