Trujillo-Matus v. USA

Filing 3

ORDER that Movant's 1 Motion for Sentence Relief Under the Federal Prison Bureau Non-Violent Offender Relief Act of 2003 (Doc. 32 in CR 12-923-PHX-DGC) is denied and that this civil action opened in connection is dismissed. The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly. Signed by Judge David G Campbell on 11/6/2012. (LFIG)

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1 2 MDR WO 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 United States of America, Plaintiff, 10 11 v. 12 Loreto Trujillo-Matus, 13 Defendant/Movant. 14 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 12-2238-PHX-DGC (JFM) No. CR 12-923-PHX-DGC ORDER 15 Before the Court is Movant Loreto Trujillo-Matus’s pro se Motion for Sentence Relief 16 Under the Federal Prison Bureau Non-Violent Offender Relief Act of 2003. The Court will 17 deny the motion. 18 This matter has been opened as a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. 19 However, Movant’s motion does not refer to § 2255. Nor does he refer to any other 20 jurisdictional basis for his motion. Although the Court may construe a pro se motion as a 21 § 2255 motion, it may not do so without first giving certain warnings to the movant. In 22 Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375, 377 (2003), the Supreme Court held a district court 23 may not recharacterize a motion as a defendant’s first § 2255 motion without first warning 24 him that the recharacterization will subject subsequent § 2255 motions to the law’s “second 25 or successive” restrictions and allowing him an opportunity to withdraw or to amend the 26 motion. But even if the Court had provided Movant with the requisite Castro warning, it 27 would not recharacterize this matter as a motion brought under § 2255 because his claim for 28 relief is unfounded. 1 In his motion, Movant seeks relief under a bill (the Federal Bureau of Prisons 2 Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2003, H.R. 3575, 108th Cong. (2003)) introduced in 3 Congress to amend 18 U.S.C. § 3624. That bill was never enacted into law. Accordingly, 4 Movant’s motion has no arguable basis in fact or in law. 5 IT IS ORDERED that Movant’s Motion for Sentence Relief Under the Federal 6 Prison Bureau Non-Violent Offender Relief Act of 2003 (Doc. 32 in CR 12-923-PHX-DGC) 7 is denied and that the civil action opened in connection with this Motion (12-2238-PHX- 8 DGC (JFM)) is dismissed. The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly. 9 DATED this 6th day of November, 2012. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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