United States v. Thomas Fredrick Branagan

988 F.2d 122 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Thomas Fredrick BRANAGAN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-15769. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 11, 1993. * Decided Feb. 23, 1993. 1 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, No. CV-91-20100-WAI; William A. Ingram, District Judge, Presiding. 2 N.D.Cal. 3 AFFIRMED. 4 Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and CANBY, Circuit Judges 5 MEMORANDUM ** 6 Thomas Fredrick Branagan, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence for failure to state a claim for relief. Branagan was sentenced to a term of ten years imprisonment and five years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to a charge of distribution of twenty kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). 7 Branagan's section 2255 motion states four grounds…