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· 12/6/2001

Ricardo Garcia-Santos v. United States

Citations

  • 273 F.3d 506
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 26032

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • determining that waivers of collateral attack under § 2255 are enforceable
  • dismissing section 2255 petition without reaching merits because waiver in plea agreement was valid and enforceable
  • enforcing a waiver of the right to bring a Section 2255 petition contained in a sentencing agreement
  • upholding waiver of right to attack conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 when the challenge was based, in part, on ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing
  • adhering to the Second Circuit’s “holding that a waiver of appeal provision in a plea agreement [does] not constitute ‘cause’ for failing to take a direct appeal.”
  • “a waiver of appeal provision in a plea agreement d[oes] not constitute ‘cause’ for failing to take a direct appeal.”

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Judges: Leval, Parker, Cedarbaum

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