Summary:       The defendant filed a motion for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, arguing that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the Court had violated his rights. The Court dismissed the motion, finding that the defendant failed to show that defense counsel’s performance was deficient or, if defense counsel was deficient, that the defendant’s defense was prejudiced. Further, the defendant failed to show that the Court made a constitutional or jurisdictional error, or that there was a complete miscarriage of justice.


Case Name: USA v. William Dean Sandland

Case Number: 1-07-cr-100

Docket Number: 55

Date Filed: 6/19/09

Nature of Suit:

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
 

United States of America,

Plaintiff,

-vs-

William Dean Sandland,

Defendant.

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) ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANT’S
) MOTION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
) RELIEF UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2255
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) Case No. 1:07-cr-100
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William Dean Sandland,

Petitioner,

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United States of America,

Respondent.

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) Case No. 1:08-cv-106
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