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Parties Involved:
Jesus Manuel Diaz
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

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In his plea agreement, Petitioner waived, among other things, “(1) any right to appeal

the Court’s entry of judgment against [him]; (2) any right to appeal the imposition of

sentence upon [him] under [18 U.S.C. § 3742]; and (3) any right to collaterally attack [his]

conviction and sentence under [28 U.S.C. § 2255], or any other collateral attack.”

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Jesus Manuel Diaz,

Petitioner, 

vs.

United States of America,

Respondent.

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CASE NO. CV-05-0760-TUC-FRZ

 CR-02-1956-TUC-FRZ

ORDER

Petitioner filed a “Motion under 28 USC § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct

Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody.” 

Rule 4(b) of the Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings for the United States

District Courts provides, in relevant part, that

[i]f it plainly appears from the motion, any attached exhibits,

and the record of prior proceedings that the moving party is not

entitled to relief, the judge must dismiss the motion and direct

the clerk to notify the moving party.

28 U.S.C. foll. § 2255.

Petitioner was sentenced on April 30, 2004, and the judgment of conviction was

entered on May 21, 2004. He did not appeal his conviction.1

 Therefore, his judgment of

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conviction became final ten days later. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b); United States v. Schwartz,

274 F.3d 1220, 1223 (9th Cir. 2001). 

Section 2255, 28 U.S.C., requires that Petitioner file a § 2255 motion within one year

from the latest of:

(1) the date on which the judgment of conviction becomes final;

(2) the date on which the impediment to making a motion created by

governmental action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the

United States is removed, if the movant was prevented from making a

motion by such governmental action;

(3) the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the

Supreme Court, if that right has been newly recognized by the Supreme

Court and made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review;

or

(4) the date on which the facts supporting the claim or claims presented

could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence.

Petitioner mailed his § 2255 Motion, at the earliest, on November 14, 2005, more than

a year after the judgment of conviction became final. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255(1). And

Petitioner does not argue that § 2255(2), (3), or (4), are applicable. Therefore, Petitioner’s

§ 2255 Motion is time barred.

In light of the foregoing,

IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner’s “Motion under 28 USC § 2255 to Vacate, Set

Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody” (U.S.D.C. document #49 in

CR-02-1956-TUC-FRZ) is DENIED and this case (CV-05-760-TUC-FRZ) is DISMISSED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court SHALL SERVE a copy

of the Motion and this Order on Respondent and SHALL SERVE a copy of this Order on

Petitioner.

DATED this 5th day of January, 2006.

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