UNITED STATES v. CARDENAS

No. 18-40790.

13 F.4th 380 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julio Cesar CARDENAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason B. Smith , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeremy B. Gordon , Jeremy Gordon, P.L.L.C., Mansfield, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Jolly, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


The question presented is whether Julio Cardenas timely filed a motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court held the motion was time-barred by the one-year limitations period in the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"). We affirm.

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