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Timestamp: 2017-12-16 14:56:56
Document Index: 547752146

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 751', '§ 111', '§ 2255', '§ 876', '§ 751', '§ 111']

DONTA VAUGHN Civil Action No. MJG-13-2296
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: Â§ 2255 MOTION
On June 20, 2012, Petitioner was convicted on a plea of guilty to charges of escape from custody in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 751(a) and assaulting and impeding federal officers while they were engaged in their official duties in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 111. On October 15, 2012, the Court imposed the sentence of 60 months on each Count, to be served concurrently. Judgment, ECF No. 24.
By the instant Motion, Petitioner seeks to have his sentence vacated and a lesser sentence imposed. However, as described below, Petitioner, while filing a timely initial Â§ 2255 motion, proceeded to so delay the instant proceedings, that the motion was not fully briefed until he filed his reply [ECF No. 117] on March 21, 2016. Thus, the briefing on the instant motion was completed some 18 days prior to Petitioner's having served the entire sentence at issue.
The Court understands that, on March 21, 2014, Petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment for False Imprisonment and False Imprisonment Conspiracy (Baltimore City Circuit Court XXXXXXXXX) and also received a concurrent five-year sentence for Verbal Extortion/Threat Injury and Conspiracy Verbal Extortion/Threat Injury on the same date (Baltimore City Circuit Court XXXXXXXXX).
In 2010, Petitioner was convicted of mailing a threatening communication in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 876(b) and was sentenced by presiding Judge Bennett to 18 months in prison. United States v. Vaughn, RDB-10-0404 (D. Md.).
In, or about, July 2011, Petitioner's custody was transferred to the Volunteers of America half-way house in Baltimore. On, or about, September 5, 2011, Petitioner left the half-way house without permission and, thereby, committed the offense of escape in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 751(a). Thereafter, a warrant for Petitioner's arrest was issued.
On October 4, 2011, Petitioner was spotted by a Deputy United States Marshal entering a car in which there was a female passenger and driving away. There ensued a car chase in which Petitioner placed the officers and general public in severe risk of injury. Moreover, at one point when he was stopped, Petitioner drove his car toward the Deputy to effect his escape. However, eventually, the Deputy, together with other officers, managed to arrest Petitioner. Petitioner admitted in his plea proceeding that he utilized the automobile he was driving to assault the Deputy intending to impede his being arrested in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 111.[1]
â¢ Adequately present contentions that would have resulted in a lower Offense Level determination.
â¢ Adequately present mitigating circumstances regarding conditions at the half-way house from which he escaped.
â¢ Adequately present mitigating circumstances regarding Petitioner's ...