Meza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No.: 15cr3175-1 (JM) 21cv1650 (JM) Plaintiff,

v. ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S

MOTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2255

DAVID ENRIQUE MEZA,

Defendant.

17 Presently before the court is Petitioner/Defendant David Enrique Meza’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Doc. No. 316). Having considered the Parties’ arguments and the record in this case, the court DENIES Defendant’s Motion. BACKGROUND I. Factual Background The facts underlying Defendant’s conviction were summarized in the Ninth Circuit’s memorandum opinion on Defendant’s direct appeal (Doc. No. 314) and the Government’s Opposition to Defendant’s § 2255 Motion (Doc. No. 324). The salient facts are repeated below. 28 In 2013, Jake Clyde Merendino was a wealthy man in his fifties living in Houston, Texas. (Doc. No. 314 at 6). In the summer of 2013,…