United States v. Manuel Vasquez Contreras

963 F.2d 380 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel Vasquez CONTRERAS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-15323. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 13, 1992. * Decided May 15, 1992. Before GOODWIN, FLETCHER and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Manuel Vasquez Contreras appeals pro se the district court's denial of his motion under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35 to reduce his sentence. Because his notice of appeal of the Rule 35 decision was filed late, we will treat the appeal as an appeal of the district court's denial of his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 In 1988, Contreras was convicted after a jury trial of counts related to his arrangement of a cocaine sale on or before March 11, 1987. The district judge sentenced Contreras to a total of 15 years in prison, including five years for possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime…