Contreras-Ramirez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Crim. Case No.: 3:17-cr-01026-BTM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Civ. Case No.: 3:19-cv-01701-BTM

v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT

CONTRERAS-RAMIREZ’S

RUBEN CONTRERAS-RAMIREZ, MOTION TO VACATE, SET

ASIDE, OR CORRECT SENTENCE Defendant.

UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2255 AND

ISSUING A CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

18 [ECF No. 324] 19 Before the Court is Defendant Ruben Contreras-Ramirez’s Motion to Vacate, 20 Set Aside, or Correct Sentence under 28. U.S.C. § 2255. (ECF No. 324.) Therein, 21 Defendant, proceeding pro se, argues that his guilty plea to a violation of 18 U.S.C. 22 § 922(g)(1) was involuntary because he did not know that his knowledge of his 23 status as a prohibited person, namely a convicted felon, at the time he possessed 24 the relevant firearm was a required element of the offense. (Id.) In support, he 25 attests that his appointed “counsel never . . . informed [him that]…