Gonzalez v. United States
- Paul Gardephe
- 1:03-cv-00359-PGG
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Gonzalez v. United States, Judge Gardephe ordered the government to respond to Manuel Gonzalez’s request to vacate his conviction and sentence.
Manuel Gonzalez and the United States government; the government was ordered to respond to Gonzalez’s petition by April 30, 2020.
What happened
Gonzalez v. United States concerns Manuel Gonzalez’s request under a federal law to set aside his conviction and sentence for violating a firearm statute.
Gonzalez relied on the Supreme Court’s 2019 decision in United States v. Davis. The court did not decide whether his request should be granted.
Judge Paul G. Gardephe ordered the government to respond to the request by April 30, 2020.
The detailed version
- Gonzalez v. United States · No. 1:03-cv-00359-PGG
- Paul Gardephe
- Apr. 2, 2020
Background
Manuel Gonzalez filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, a law allowing a federal prisoner to challenge a conviction or sentence, seeking to vacate his conviction and sentence for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). He cited the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019).
Order
The court ordered the government to respond to Gonzalez’s petition by April 30, 2020. The order did not decide the merits of the petition or state whether the conviction or sentence should be vacated.
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