Reyes
Reyes v. United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Case No. 5:15-cr-00145-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S v. MOTION TO VACATE 10 EDGARDO REYES, Re: Dkt. No. 120 11 Defendant.
Before the Court is Defendant Edgardo Reyes’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence. Motion to Vacate (“Mot.”), Dkt. No. 120. Defendant argues his sentence should be vacated because his trial and appellate counsel were ineffective. Because Defendant cannot show deficiency and prejudice as required by Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), Defendant’s motion is denied. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background In January 2015, a confidential source of information (“the CS”) contacted the Drug Enforcement Administration (“the DEA”) with information regarding a person selling methamphetamine in multiple-pound quantities in Santa Clara County and Santa Cruz County. 23…