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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma · 2025-01-27

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
  Plaintiff, 
 
-vs- 
 
URIEL OCHOA-SANTOS, 
 
  Defendant. 
   
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) Case Nos. CR-22-0049-001-F 
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ORDER 
 Defendant, Uriel Ochoa-Santos, a federal inmate proceeding pro se , has 
moved under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to va cate, set aside, or correct  his federal sentence.  
Doc. no. 163. 1  Plaintiff, United States of Amer ica, has responded to the motion.  
Doc. no. 171.  Although defendant was allo wed to file a reply to the government’s 
response, no reply has been filed within the time specified by the court.  The matter 
is at issue. 
I. 
Procedural History 
 On February 15, 2022, defendant wa s charged by indictment with drug 
offenses.   
 Count 1 of the indictment charged th at, on or about January 19, 2022, in the 
Western District of Oklahoma and elsewh ere, defendant and two co-defendants, 
Fletcher Martinez Henderson and Rafael Navarro, Jr., knowingly and intentionally 
conspired, combined, confed erated, and agreed with ea ch other and others, both 
 
1 Because defendant is proceeding pro se, the court construes his filings liberally, but it does not 
act as his advocate.  See, Yang v. Archuleta, 525 F.3d 925, 927 n. 1 (10th Cir. 2008). 
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known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to inte rdependently possess with intent to 
distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more  of a mixture or substance containing 
a detectable amount of metham phetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers, 
a Schedule II controlled substance, in vi olation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), all in 
violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, the pena lty for which is found at 21 U.S.C. 
§ 841(b)(1)(A).  See, doc. no. 57, ECF pp. 1-2.    
Count 2 of the indictment charged that , on or about January 19, 2022, in the 
Western District of Oklahoma, defendant  knowingly and inte ntionally possessed 
with intent to distribute 500 grams or mo re of a mixture or substance containing a 
detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers, a 
Schedule II controlled substance, all in  violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), the 
penalty for which is found at 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A).  See, doc. no. 57, ECF p. 2. 
At all relevant times, defendant was represented by appointed counsel, Cesar 
Armenta. 
On September 22, 2022, a one-count Superseding Information was filed 
charging defendant with knowingly and in tentionally possessing with intent to 
distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount 
of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers, a Schedule II 
controlled substance, all in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), the penalty for which 
is found at 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B).  See, doc. no. 94.    
Subsequently, on October 12, 2022, defendant, pursuant to a plea agreement, 
pleaded guilty to the one-count Superseding Information.  See, doc. no. 104.  During 
the plea hearing conducted by the Honorab le Chief Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti, 
defendant admitted that on Ja nuary 19, 2022, he was “drivi ng a car that contained 
approximately 68 pounds of a mixture containing a detectable amount of 
methamphetamine[;]” he was “aware that that metham phetamine was in the car[;]” 
and it was his “intent to distribute or participate in the distribution of that 
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methamphetamine to others[.]”  Doc. no. 171-2, ECF p. 13, ll. 19-25, ECF p. 14, ll. 
1-4.   
As part of the plea agreement, th e government and defe ndant agreed and 
stipulated that “for the purposes of sentencing, the amount of a mixture or substance 
containing a detectable amount of metham phetamine associated with Defendant’s 
relevant conduct in this case is a least 15 kilograms but less than 45 kilograms of a 
mixture or substance containing metham phetamine as described by U.S.S.G. 
§ 2D1.1(c)(2).”  Doc. no. 106, ECF p. 6, ¶ 10.2 
In addition, as part of the plea agreement, defendant waived the right to appeal 
his conviction and his sentence, with one exception not relevant to this case.  He also 
waived his right to collaterally challe nge under 28 U.S.C. § 2 255 his conviction or 
his sentence, “except with respect to claims  of ineffective assistance of counsel.”  
Doc. no. 106, ECF p. 8, ¶¶ 12(a), 12(b), and 12(c). 
During the plea hearing, Judge DeGiusti asked defendant if he understood that 
as a result of the plea agreement, he was waiving the right to collaterally challenge 
the sentence ultimately imposed by the court except under limited circumstances, to 
which defendant responded affirm atively.  Doc. no. 171-2, ECF p. 8, ll. 11-17.  At 
the request of Judge DeGiusti, the govern ment summarized th e terms of the plea 
agreement, which included the above sti pulation and waiver of appeal, and the 
defendant advised Judge DeGiusti that he agreed to the summary.  Doc. no. 171-2, 
ECF p. 12, ll. 4-11, ECF p. 13.  Judge DeGiusti asked defendant whether any promise 
had been made by anyone which caused him to plead guilty other than the promises 
set forth in the plea agreement, and he responded, “No.”  Doc. no. 171-2, ECF p. 13, 
ll. 11-15.   
 
2 “U.S.S.G” stands for United States Sentencing Guidelines. 
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In addition to the plea agreement, defendant completed a petition to enter plea 
of guilty.   Defendant ac knowledged in that document that in calculating the range 
of sentence under the advisory sentencing guidelines, the court would take into 
account “all conduct, circumstances, and inju ries associated with [his] criminal 
conduct, whether or not this conduct is formally charged by the government” and 
the court would consider “all relevant conduct at the time of sentencing[.]”  Doc. no. 
105, ECF p. 7, ¶ 26.  He also acknowledged that his “history of prior criminal 
convictions will be used to compute [h is] Criminal History Category under the 
Sentencing Guidelines” and that his “prior criminal history has a direct impact on 
the calculation of the sentencing range unde r the advisory Sentencing Guidelines.”  
Id. at ¶ 29. 
During the plea hearing, Judge DeGius ti asked defendant if he signed the 
petition to enter the plea of guilty, if he read the document or had it read to him 
before he signed it and if he understood all the questions in the document.  Defendant 
responded affirmatively.  Doc.  no. 171-2, ECF p. 9, ll. 7-21.  Judge DeGiusti also 
asked defendant if he realized that if the court accepted his plea, the court may 
impose the same punishment as if he had pleaded not guilty and had been convicted 
by a jury, to which defendant responded affirmatively.  Id . at ECF p. 9, ll. 22-25; 
ECF p. 10, l. 1.  Further,  defendant responded affirm atively when asked by Judge 
DeGiusti if he understood that the court woul d consider all relevant conduct at the 
time of sentencing.  ECF p. 171-2, ECF p. 10, l. 10; ECF p. 11, 1-3.   
 Thereafter, the Probation Office prepar ed a final presentence investigation 
report which calculated defendant’s base level offense at 36 pursuant to U.S.S.G. 
§ 2D1.1(a)(5), based upon a finding that defendant’s offense involved 68.6 pounds 
(31.1 kilograms) of methamphetamine.  The Probation Office then applied a two-
level enhancement pursuant to U.S.S. G. § 3C1.2 because defendant “recklessly 
created a substantial risk of death or seri ous bodily injury to another person in the 
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course of fleeing from a law enforcement o fficer,” resulting in an  adjusted offense 
level of 38.  Doc. no. 133, ECF p. 6, ¶¶ 25-26.  After applying a three-level 
adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1, the Pr obation Office calculated defendant’s 
total offense level at 35.  Id., ECF pp. 6-7, ¶¶ 28-30. 
Based on his prior convictions, defendant received a criminal history score of 
nine, establishing a criminal history category of IV.  With a total offense level of 35 
and a criminal history category of IV, defendant’s advisory guideline imprisonment 
range was 235 months to 293 months.  See, doc. no. 133, ECF p.  9, ¶¶ 36-37; ECF 
p. 13, ¶ 62. 
Prior to sentencing, defense counsel filed a 19-page sentencing memorandum, 
requesting the court to “consider a sent ence substantially below the advisory 
guideline range.”  Doc. no. 143, ECF p. 18. 
Defendant’s sentencing was held on October 17, 2023.  See, doc. no. 159.  At 
the hearing, the court adopted the final presentence investigation report without 
change.  See, doc. no. 162, ECF p. 1,  I (A).  The court va ried downward from the 
advisory guideline imprisonment range a nd sentenced defendant to a term of 
imprisonment of 190 months.  See, doc. no. 159.  The court also imposed supervised 
release of five years.  Id.  Judgment was entere d that same day.  See, doc. no. 161.  
The indictment originally filed against defendant was dismissed.  See, doc. no. 160.  
Defendant did not appeal of his conviction or sentence. 
     Defendant timely filed the instan t § 2255 motion.  He alleges Mr. Armenta 
rendered constitutionally ineffective assi stance of counsel during sentencing and 
pretrial proceedings.  In addition, defendant alleges that his 190-month sentence was 
unreasonable, see, doc. no. 163, ECF p. 5 (Ground Two); his sentence, as imposed, 
resulted in a violation of his constitutional rights, see, id., ECF p. 7 (Ground Three), 
and the plea agreement and later acceptan ce of his guilty plea was “in violation of 
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due process under the 6th and 14th amendment[s] of the Constitution,” see, id., ECF 
p. 8 (Ground Four). 
II. 
Waived Claims 
Initially, in its response, the government asserts that in the plea agreement, 
defendant waived “all” claims except for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.  
Doc. no. 171, ECF p. 6.  The court agrees. 
As previously stated, defendant waived , as part of the plea agreement, the 
right to collaterally challe nge under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 hi s conviction or sentence, 
“except with respect to claims  of ineffective assistance of counsel.”  Doc. no. 106, 
ECF p. 8, ¶ 12(c).  Therefore, on its f ace, defendant’s plea agreement waived the 
right to collaterally challenge  his conviction or sentence with respect to all claims 
other than claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. 
For a waiver to be enforceable, three criteria must be satisfied: (1) defendant’s 
challenge falls within the sc ope of the waiver provision;  (2) defendant’s waiver of 
collateral-challenge rights must have  been knowing and voluntary; and (3) 
enforcement of the waiver mu st not result in a fundamental  miscarriage of justice.  
See, United States v. Hahn, 359 F.3d 1315, 1325-27 (10 th Cir. 2004) (en banc) (per 
curiam); United States v. Cockerham, 237 F.3d 1179, 1183 (10 th Cir. 2001) 
(applying the Hahn analysis to collateral-attack proceedings). 
Here, the court finds that all defenda nt’s claims other than claims of 
ineffective assistance of counsel fall s quarely within the scope of the waiver 
provision.  The waiver provision specifically  stated that defendant waived his right 
to collaterally challenge under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 his conviction or sentence, “except 
with respect to claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.”  Doc. no. 106, ECF p. 8, 
¶ 12(c).   
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The court also finds that defendant’s acceptance of the terms of the waiver 
was both knowing and voluntary.  Just be fore the signature line of the plea 
agreement, defendant specifically acknowledged that he had discussed the terms of 
the plea agreement with his attorney and understood and accepted those terms.  
Further, during the plea hearing, defendant acknowledged that he understood he was 
specifically waiving his right to collaterally challenge his sentence.  Doc. no. 171-2, 
ECF p. 8, ll. 11-17. 
Further, the court finds that the wa iver provision does not result in a 
fundamental miscarriage of justice.  A “mis carriage of justice” occurs only where: 
(1) “the district court relied on an impermissible factor such as race;” (2) ineffective 
assistance of counsel in connection with the negotiation of the waiver renders the 
waiver invalid;” (3) “the sentence exce eds the statutory maximum;” or (4) “the 
waiver is otherwise unlawful.”  Hahn, 395 F.3d at 1327.  There is no showing by 
defendant or in the record of the existence of any of these factors. 
Because the Hahn and Cockerham factors are met, the court concludes that 
the collateral review waiver is enforceable as to all claims alleged by defendant other 
than claims of ineffective assistance of  counsel.  Therefore, the court will only 
consider the merits of defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims. 
III. 
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims 
 In Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), the Supreme Court laid out 
the framework for an ineffective assistance  of counsel claim.  Under it, defendant 
must show (1) counsel’s performance wa s deficient, meani ng it “fell below an 
objective standard of reasonableness,” id. at 687-88, and (2) the deficient 
performance prejudiced the defendant’s de fense, meaning “there is a reasonable 
probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding 
would have been different,” id. at 694.  “A reasonable probability is a probability 
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sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.”  Id.   If the defendant fails to 
make a sufficient showing at either step of the analysis, the court must deny the 
alleged ineffective assistance of counsel claim.  Id. at 697. 
 Defendant claims that de fense counsel was constitutionally ineffective by (1)    
failing to raise issues of cooperation and prior convictions during the sentencing 
phase (Ground One); (2) failing to raise th e sentencing disparity between him and 
his co-defendants (Ground Two); (3) fa iling to contest the amount of drugs 
determined in the final presentence i nvestigation report (Ground Three); and (4) 
advising defendant to enter a guilty plea and advising him to accept the plea guilty 
to prevent a higher senten ce than the guideline range to which defendant was 
exposed (Ground Four). 
A. 
As to his first claim, the court finds that defendant has failed to establish that 
defense counsel performed deficiently.  First, the record reflects that defense counsel 
did, in fact, raise the issue of defendant ’s cooperation in the 19-page sentencing 
memorandum as well as at the sentencing hearing.  Thus, defendant cannot establish 
that defense counsel’s performance fell below an objective standard of 
reasonableness.  Second, while defense couns el did not object to the inclusion of 
defendant’s prior convictions in determining his criminal history category, defense 
counsel did not perform below an objective standard of reasonableness in not doing 
so.  Defendant has not challenged the valid ity of any of the prior convictions, and 
any objections to using prior convictions  in determining the criminal history 
category would have been clearly rejected.  See, U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1.  Further, in the 
petition to enter plea of guilty, defendant acknowledged his “history of prior criminal 
convictions will be used to compute [h is] Criminal History Category under the 
Sentencing Guidelines” and that his “prior criminal history has a direct impact on 
the calculation of the sentencing range unde r the advisory Sentencing Guidelines.”  
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Doc. no. 105, ECF p. 7, ¶ 29.   Thus, defense counsel did not perform deficiently in 
failing to raise an issue as to defendant’s prior convictions. 
 Even if the court were to find defens e counsel performed deficiently in failing 
to raise the issues of cooperation or prior convictions, defendant cannot show 
prejudice.  He cannot show that his sentence would have been different.    
To the extent defendant contends that  defense counsel performed deficiently 
by “guarantee[ing]” that his prior convicti ons would not be “accounted for if he 
pleaded guilty,” see, doc. no. 163, ECF p. 4, the c ourt concludes that defendant 
cannot show prejudice.  As stated, when he  executed the petition to enter plea of 
guilty, he was made aware that his prior convictions would be used in computing the 
criminal history category and his prior convictions would directly impact the 
sentencing range.  In addition, during the plea hearing, Judge DeGiusti specifically 
asked defendant if any promises had be en made by anyone which caused him to 
plead guilty other than the promises set fo rth in the plea agreement, and he stated, 
“No.”  Doc. no. 171-2, ECF p. 13, ll. 11-15.  Defendant has not alleged that he would 
not have pleaded guilty but would have gone  to trial in light of defense counsel’s 
“guarantee[],” but even if he  did, a mere allegation that  defendant would not have 
pleaded guilty but would have gone to trial, but for defense counsel’s error, although 
necessary, is ultimately insufficient to en titled him to relief.  Miller v. Champion, 
262 F.3d 1066, 1072 (10 th Cir. 2001).  The court must look to the factual 
circumstances surrounding the guilty plea to  determine whethe r defendant would 
have proceeded to trial rather than plead guilty.  Id.  By pleading guilty to the one-
count Superseding Indictment, defendant obtained the dismissal of Count 1 and 
Count 2 of the indictment.  Defendant faced a greater sent ence had he gone to trial 
and been convicted on one or both counts of the indictment.  It is highly unlikely, 
based upon the government’s case, that a trial on those counts would have resulted 
in an acquittal on either count.  It is also —to put it mildly—unlikely that defendant 
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would have received a light sentence had he gone to trial.  The court therefore 
concludes that defendant has not demonstrated that “there is a reasonable probability 
that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have 
been different.”  Strickland, 466 U.S. at 694. 
B. 
 With respect to the second claim, the court finds that defendant has failed to 
establish defense counsel performed defici ently.  The record reflects that defense 
counsel raised the issue of Mr. Navarro’s  90-month sentence in the sentencing 
memorandum and during the sentencing hear ing.  At the time the sentencing 
memorandum was filed in June of 2023, Mr . Martinez had not yet been sentenced.  
Although defense counsel, in his statements during the sentencing hearing, referred 
only to the 90-month sentence received by Mr. Navarro and asked for a similar 
sentence for defendant, the court, as ac knowledged during the sentencing hearing, 
was aware of both Mr. Navarro’s 90-mont h sentence as well as Mr. Martinez’s 30-
month sentence.  Because the court was aware of both sentences and considered both 
sentences in determining defendant’s se ntence, defense counsel did not perform 
deficiently by not specifically mentioning Mr. Martinez’s 30-month sentence in 
addition to Mr. Navarro’s 90-month sentence. 
 Even if the court were to find defens e counsel performed deficiently, the court 
concludes that defendant cannot show prejudice.  As stated, the court considered Mr. 
Navarro and Mr. Martinez’s sentences when  determining defendant’s sentence.  
Defendant would have  received the same sentence even if defense counsel had 
specifically raised the sentencing disparity between defendant and the co-
defendants’ sentences.  As indicated dur ing the sentencing hearing, defendant’s 
circumstances were different than his co-d efendants.  Indeed, the court commented 
that Mr. Navarro was “a good example of exceptional acceptance of responsibility.” 
Doc. no. 171, ECF p. 8, ll. 20-21.       
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C. 
 With respect to the third claim, the court finds that defe ndant has failed to 
establish defense counsel performed deficiently.  Defendant’s base offense level was 
36, not 38, as alleged by defendant.  And the amount of methamphetamine the 
Probation Office utilized to calculate defe ndant’s base offens e level was “68.6 
pounds (31.1 kilograms) of methamphetamine.”  Doc. no. 133, ECF p. 6, ¶ 21.  That 
amount was within the range that the gove rnment and defendant had agreed and 
stipulated to in the plea agreement to be  used for sentencing purposes, namely, “a 
least 15 kilograms but less than 45 kilogram s of a mixture or substance containing 
methamphetamine[.]”  Doc. no. 106, ECF p. 6, ¶ 10.  The Probation Office calculated 
an adjusted offense level of 38 for defendant because the Probation Office applied a 
two-level enhancement because defendant “r ecklessly created a substantial risk of 
death or serious bodily injury to anothe r person in the course of fleeing from a law 
enforcement officer.”  Doc. no. 133, ECF p. 6, ¶ 25.   
 Although defendant contends that he  only “accepted res ponsibility of (50) 
grams of methamphetamine[,]” doc. no. 163, ECF p. 7,  the Sentencing Guidelines 
require that all relevant conduct be considered at sentencing.  See, U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3.  
“In particular, “[d]rug quantities asso ciated with illegal conduct for which a 
defendant was not convicted are to be account ed for in sentencing, if they are part 
of the same conduct for which the defenda nt was convicted.”  United States v. 
Mendez-Zamora, 296 F.3d 1013, 1020 (10th Cir. 2002).  The petition to enter plea of 
guilty advised defendant of this fact.  Defendant also responded affirmatively when 
asked by Judge DeGiusti at the plea hearing if he understood that the court would 
consider all relevant conduct at the time of sentencing.  As stated, the Probation 
Office utilized 68.6 pounds or 31.1 kilogram s of methamphetamine  in calculating 
the base offense level of 36.   Defense counsel was not deficient in failing to object 
to that amount, when it was within the qua ntity of drugs the parties agreed and 
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stipulated to in the plea agreement for sentencing purposes.  Further, defendant 
admitted during the plea hearing that  approximately 68 pounds of a mixture 
containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine was in the car he was driving 
and that he intended to distribute, or participate in the distribution of, that 
methamphetamine to others.     
D. 
Lastly, with respect to the fourth claim, the court finds that defendant has not 
shown defense counsel performed deficiently .  It is clear from the plea agreement 
and the plea hearing that the agreement and guilty plea were entered knowingly and 
voluntarily.  Defendant received a much lower sentence by entering a guilty plea and 
because of the strong advocacy of defense counsel. 
 Even if the court were to find defense counsel performed deficiently, 
defendant cannot show prejudice.  Defendant has not alleged that he would not have 
pleaded guilty but would have gone to tria l in light of defense counsel’s “ill 
advice[,]”  Doc. no. 163, ECF p.  8, but even if he did, the mere allegation that he 
would not have pleaded guilty but would have gone to trial, but for defense counsel’s 
error, although necessary, is ultimately insufficient to entitled him to relief.  Miller, 
262 F.3d at 1072.  As stated, the court mu st look to the f actual circumstances 
surrounding the guilty plea to determine wh ether defendant would have proceeded 
to trial rather than plead guilty.  Id.  By pleading guilty to the one-count Superseding 
Indictment, defendant obtained the dism issal of Count 1 and Count 2 of the 
indictment.  Defendant faced a greater sentence had he gone to trial and been 
convicted on one or both counts of the indict ment.  As stated, it is highly unlikely, 
based upon the government’s case, that a trial would have resulted in an acquittal on 
either count.  And as stated, it is—to put  it mildly—unlikely that defendant would 
have received a light senten ce had he gone to trial.  Th e court therefore concludes 
that defendant has not demonstrated that “t here is a reasonable probability that, but 
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for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the re sult of the proceeding would have been 
different.”  Strickland, 466 U.S. at 694. 
E. 
 In sum and for the reasons stated, th e court concludes that under the plea 
agreement, defendant waiv ed collateral challenge under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 of all 
claims other than his claims of ineffectiv e assistance of counsel and as to each of 
defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, they fail on their merits. 
IV. 
Evidentiary Hearing  
 The court file and record  conclusively show that defendant is not entitled to 
relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.  A heari ng is therefore not warranted.  See, Sanders 
v. United States, 373 U.S. 1, 21 (1963) (t he sentencing court has discretion to 
ascertain whether the claim is substantial before granting a full evidentiary hearing 
in a § 2255 matter). 
V. 
Certificate of Appealability 
  Under Rule 11(a) of the Rules G overning Section 2255 Proceedings for the 
United States District Courts, the court must issue or deny a certificate of 
appealability when it enters a final order adverse to the a pplicant.  A certificate of 
appealability may issue “only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the 
denial of a constitutional right.”  28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).  To satisfy this standard, 
the applicant must demonstrate that “reasonable jurists could debate whether (or, for 
that matter, agree that) the [motion] should have been resolved in a different manner 
or that the issues presented were adequa te to deserve encouragement to proceed 
further.”  Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) (internal quotation marks 
and citation omitted).  When a § 2255 motion is also denied for procedural reasons, 
the applicant must clear the added hurdle of showing “that jurists of reason would 
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find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling.”  Id.  
Upon review, the court finds that defendan t cannot make such showing.  The court 
thus denies a certificate of appealability. 
VI. 
Conclusion 
 Accordingly, defendant Uriel Oc hoa-Santos’s Motion Under 28 U.S.C. 
§ 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody 
(doc. no. 163), is DENIED.  A certificate of appealability is also DENIED.  
Judgment shall be entered forthwith. 
IT IS SO ORDERED this 27th day of January, 2025. 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
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