United States v. Markette Tillman

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 24 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-16419 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. 2:16-cv-00955-KJD 2:08-cr-00283-JCM-PAL-3 v.

MARKETTE TILLMAN, AKA Ketty P, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Kent J. Dawson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 10, 2020 Pasadena, California

Before: WATFORD, THAPAR,** and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Markette Tillman appeals the district court’s denial of his motion under

U.S.C. § 2255, which asserted that his trial counsel had rendered ineffective

assistance in connection with Tillman’s guilty plea to drug trafficking and

racketeering charges. Reviewing the district court’s denial of the motion de novo

and its factual findings for clear error, United States v. Aguirre-Ganceda, 592 F.3d

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The…