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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 14:49:24+00:00

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The pro se petitioner, a federal inmate, filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Previously, the petitioner entered a plea of guilty to a one-count information, which charged him with conspiracy to distribute more than fifty grams of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), and 846. The petitioner was sentenced as a career offender to 235 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release, based on his convictions in this Court for aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine base and distribution of cocaine base, and for aggravated trafficking, for which he was convicted in the Franklin County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas.
In his present § 2255 motion, the petitioner requests that the Court reduce his sentence pursuant to the “Holloway Doctrine.” Presumably, the petitioner is referring to the decision entered in United States v. Holloway, 68 F.Supp.3d 310 (E.D.N.Y. 2014) (permitting a reduction to the defendant's “excessive” sentence “in the spirit of fairness”). The petitioner filed his first motion to vacate under § 2255 on August 27, 2009, which was dismissed on the merits. This Court affirmed and adopted the recommendation of the magistrate judge that the motion be denied as untimely.
In accordance with Local Rule of Prisoner Litigation Procedure 2, this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge James E. Seibert for initial review and report and recommendation. In his report and recommendation, the magistrate judge recommends that the petition be dismissed. The magistrate judge informed the parties that if they objected to any portion of the report and recommendation, they were required to file written objections within 14 days after being served with copies of the report. Neither party filed objections. For the following reasons, this Court affirms and adopts the magistrate judge's report and recommendation.
As there were no objections filed to the magistrate judge's recommendation, the findings and recommendation will be upheld unless they are “clearly erroneous or contrary to law.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A).
28 U.S.C. § 2255(h). The petitioner did not obtain this authorization as is required by § 2255(h). Therefore, the magistrate judge recommended that the petitioner's petition be dismissed.

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