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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 12:34:29+00:00

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THIS MATTER is before the Court on Petitioner's Motion to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, (Doc. No. 1). Also pending are a Motion to Expedite, (Doc. No. 2), and Motion Seeking Leave to Amend § 2255 Motion to Vacate, (Doc. No. 3).
Petitioner was charged along with five co-defendants in a drug trafficking conspiracy in the underlying criminal case. (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 3). A jury found him guilty of: Count (1), conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of cocaine base; Count (3), possession with intent to distribute five grams more of cocaine base and a detectable amount of powder cocaine; Count (4), possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and Count (5), possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 112). In an order docketed on October 16, 2008, the Court adjudicated him guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment plus sixty months, followed by a total of 10 years of supervised release. (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 130). The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, United States v. Henderson, 380 Fed.Appx. 295 (4th Cir. 2010), and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, Henderson v. United States, 562 U.S. 972 (2010), 562 U.S. 1015 (2010).
Petitioner filed a § 2255 Motion to Vacate on October 1, 2011, that was open as a new civil case, number 5:11-cv-147. The Court vacated his § 922(g)(1) conviction in Count (5) and granted resentencing in light of United States v. Simmons, 649 F.3d 237 (4th Cir. 2011), and denied the remaining claims. Henderson v. United States, 2013 WL 6709729 (W.D. N.C. Dec. 18, 2013). The Court entered an Amended Judgment on May 5, 2014, dismissing the § 922(g)(1) count and reducing the sentence to a total of 248 months (188 months as to counts (1)-(3), concurrent, and 60 months as to Count (4), consecutive). (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 232). Petitioner appealed and the Fourth Circuit remanded the matter for the limited purpose of redetermining the length of Petitioner's supervised release. (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 250). The Court docketed an Amended Judgment on August 5, 2015, clarifying that the total term of supervised release is five years. (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 255). Petitioner's counsel filed a memorandum brief pursuant to Anders v. Calinfornia, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), on appeal. The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part and dismissed in part, United States v. Henderson, 631 Fed.Appx. 118 (4th Cir. 2015), and denied rehearing and rehearing en banc on January 20, 2016, (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 261).
Meanwhile, Petitioner filed a motion for sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guideline Amendment 782. (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 251). The Court granted relief and, on December 28, 2015, reduced the sentence to a total of 211 months' imprisonment. (5:07-cr-23, Doc. No. 260).
Petitioner filed the instant § 2255 Motion to Vacate on June 9, 2017, (Doc. No. 1). He raises claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court error. With regards to timeliness, he states: “Petitioner's MOTION 2255 is timely because challenge of subject matter jurisdiction can be raised at any time. Also the petitioner's application is timely filed under 2255's one year limitation pursuant to the AEDPA of the United States Code and Rule Manual.” (Doc. No. 1 at 10).

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