Mendoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 JOSE MENDOZA, Case No.: 3:25-cv-1076-JES 3:23-cr-1968-JES Petitioner,

v. ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

OR CORRECT SENTENCE UNDER

Respondent. 28 U.S.C. § 2255

17 [ECF Nos. 1, 353] 18 19

21 Before the Court is Jose Mendoza’s (“Petitioner”) motion to vacate, set aside, or 22 correct his sentence pursuant to U.S.C. § 2255 (“Motion”), presumably alleging 23 ineffective assistance of counsel by his attorney, David Zugman. ECF No. 3531. Having 24 25 26 1 In Petitioner’s civil case, 3:25-cv-1076-JES, Petitioner’s § 2255 motion is ECF No. 1. In the underlying criminal case, 3:23-cr-1968-JES, the same motion is filed as ECF No. 353. The Court hereinafter cites 28 reviewed Petitioner’s motion, and for the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Petitioner’s Motion. I. BACKGROUND On September 21, 2023, a 15-count…