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Timestamp: 2017-07-28 19:15:59
Document Index: 319863897

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 952', '§ 753', '§ 2255', '§ 753', '§ 2250', '§ 2255', '§ 2255']

| United States of America v. Omar Murillo
United States of America v. Omar Murillo
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,v.OMAR MURILLO, DEFENDANT-PETITIONER.
ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART PETITIONER'S MOTION
Petitioner Omar Murillo, ("Petitioner") filed a motion seeking to dismiss his counsel of record; requesting that this Court order counsel to provide a copy of Petitioner's case record to him; and requesting that the Court provide him with the form for filing a motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
A review of the record indicates that Petitioner pled guilty to one count of Importation of Methamphetamine and one count of Importation of Heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. [Doc. 43.] As part of his plea agreement, Petitioner waived his right to appeal or collaterally attack his sentence or conviction, [doc. 19, at 11-12], and final judgment was filed in his case on May 2, 2012. Therefore, there is no need to dismiss counsel as Petitioner is not represented at this time. Petitioner or his family may contact his former counsel and request copies of his records.
To the extent that Petitioner's pleading may be construed as a motion seeking documents and transcripts at the Government's expense, he is only entitled to those items after filing a post-conviction motion. Title 28 U.S.C. § 753(f) provides that fees for transcripts furnished in proceedings brought under § 2255 to persons permitted to sue or appeal in forma pauperis shall be paid by the United States out of money appropriated for that purpose if the trial judge certifies that the suit or appeal is not frivolous and that the transcript is needed to decide the issue presented by the suit or appeal. 28 U.S.C. §§ 753(f). Section 2250 provides, "if on any application for a writ of habeas corpus an order has been made permitting the petitioner to prosecute the application in forma pauperis, the clerk of any court of the United States shall furnish to the petitioner without cost certified copies of such documents or parts of the record on file in his office as may be required by order of the judge before whom the application is pending." 28 U.S.C. § 2250. Transcripts are only provided at government expense upon a showing of a particularized need for them. See United States v. MacCollom, 426 U.S. 317, 323-30 (1976).
Accordingly, Petitioner's motion to dismiss counsel of record and to order former counsel to provide documents is DENIED; Petitioner's request for a § 2255 form is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court shall provide Petitioner any forms required for the filing of a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.