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AMAURY VILLA, aka Amuary Villa v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 29, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Howard Sohn, Boynton Beach, Florida, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Madison T. Sewell, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Judge(s): KETHLEDGE, READLER, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky at Owensboro

KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. In 2020, Amaury Villa moved to amend his motion for sentencing relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255—seeking to add a claim that his counsel had not told him about a plea offer that the prosecution had sent via email. When this case was last before us, we remanded to the district court to hold an evidentiary hearing on whether Villa’s motion to amend was timely. Villa v. United States, 56 F.4th 417, 421 (6th Cir. 2023). On remand, the court found that Villa’s motion was timely, but held on the merits that the prosecutor’s email to counsel was too indefinite to count as a formal offer. We affirm.

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