Ganesh
Ganesh v. United States
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 5:16-cr-00211-1 EJD
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
VACATE CONVICTION UNDER 28
9 v. U.S.C. § 2255
10 VILASINI GANESH, Re: ECF No. 602
11 Defendant.
12 13 Presently before the Court is Defendant Dr. Vilasini Ganesh’s motion to vacate and set 14 aside her conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, arising from an alleged deficient Faretta hearing and 15 ineffective assistance of counsel (“IAC”). ECF No. 602 (“Mot.”). The Government filed its 16 opposition to Dr. Ganesh’s motion on February 28, 2023, ECF No. 609 (“Opp.”), and Dr. Ganesh 17 filed a reply on April 10, 2023. ECF No. 618 (“Reply”). Having considered the parties’ 18 arguments and evidence, the Court DENIES Dr. Ganesh’s § 2255 motion to vacate her conviction. 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 On May 19, 2016, Dr. Ganesh was indicted for various counts of health care fraud and 21 money laundering. ECF No. 1. …