Ulloa v. Mahar

Filing 7

DECISION AND ORDER: ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall convert this action to a proceeding brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The Clerk of the Court shall also file each item filed in the present action in the docket of the criminal ma tter referenced above; and the Court further ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall reassign this matter to United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, who presided over the jury trial in United States of America v. Ulloa, 1:10-CR-321; and the C ourt further ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Decision and Order on petitioner by regular mail. Signed by U.S. District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino on 8/19/2011. [copy of this Decision and Order served on petitioner by regular mail} (ptm, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
____________________________________________
RICHARD ENRIQUE ULLOA,
Petitioner,
-v.-

9:11-CV-0787
(MAD)

SHERIFF JACK MAHAR,
Respondent.
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APPEARANCES:

OF COUNSEL:

RICHARD ENRIQUE ULLOA
17902-052
Metropolitan Detention Center
Inmate Mail/Parcels
P.O. Box 329002
Brooklyn, New York 11232
Petitioner pro se
Mae A. D'Agostino, U.S. District Judge:

DECISION and ORDER
The Clerk of the Court has sent to the Court for review an affidavit filed by petitioner pro
se Richard Enrique Ulloa. See Dkt. No. 5 ("Affidavit"). Petitioner filed this Affidavit in
response to this Court's July 14, 2011 Decision and Order. See Dkt. No. 3.
In the July 14, 2011 Decision and Order, the Court noted that petitioner's pleading in this
action – although completed by petitioner on a form application for a writ of habeas corpus
brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 – plainly challenges the validity of his convictions in
United States of America v. Ulloa, 1:10-CR-321 ("10-CR-321"), a criminal proceeding
previously tried before a jury in this District in a matter over which United States District Judge
Thomas J. McAvoy presided. See Dkt. No. 1, Grounds One through Twenty-Two. As such, in

its July 14, 2011 Decision and Order, the Court noted that this action was properly viewed as one
brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See Dkt. No. 3 at 2-3 (citations omitted). Accordingly,
the Court notified petitioner that, unless he consented to the withdrawal of this action as having
been improperly brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, the Court would convert this action to a
proceeding brought by petitioner pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See id. at 4.
In his affidavit, petitioner notes that he "concurs with [the Court's] assessment of [this
action being a] 28 USC 2255 [motion]." See Dkt. No. 5 at 1.
In light of this Court's previous observations regarding the relief that petitioner seeks in
his petition, together with the Affidavit he filed in response to the July 14, 2011 Decision and
Order, the Court directs the Clerk of the Court to convert this action to a proceeding brought
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and reassign this matter to United States District Judge Thomas J.
McAvoy, who presided over the jury trial in United States of America v. Ulloa, 1:10-CR-321.
This Court makes no ruling as to the requests that petitioner makes in his Affidavit that are
unrelated to the manner in which this petition shall be viewed by the Court, nor the propriety of
the petition currently filed in this action, thereby leaving those determinations to Judge McAvoy.
Accordingly, the Court hereby
ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall convert this action to a proceeding brought
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The Clerk of the Court shall also file each item filed in the present
action in the docket of the criminal matter referenced above; and the Court further
ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall reassign this matter to United States District
Judge Thomas J. McAvoy, who presided over the jury trial in United States of America v. Ulloa,
1:10-CR-321; and the Court further

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ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Decision and Order on
petitioner by regular mail.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 19, 2011
Albany, New York

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