Sanchez Vazquez v. United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 JESUS ENRIQUE SANCHEZ Case Nos. 3:21-cv-2155-LAB 11 VASQUEZ, 3:18-cr-03560-LAB-1 Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
13 vs. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS [Dkt. 1]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
15 Respondent. 16 In April 2019, this Court sentenced Petitioner Jesus Enrique Sanchez Vasquez (“Petitioner”) to months’ imprisonment and assessed costs of $100, but no fine, for felony importation of methamphetamine pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 960(b). In June 2019, in a related case filed before the Court, Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, claiming that although his sentence didn’t include a fine, he nevertheless paid a considerable fine (more than the maximum allowed by statute), which absolved him from serving the remainder of his custodial sentence. Sanchez Vasquez v. United States of America, Case No. 19-cv1154-LAB-JLB, Dkt. 1 at 1, 7–8. But the Court denied his…