United States v. Carlos Soto-Lopez

FILED

CORRECTED APRIL 10, 2012 õ APR 10 2012

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

NOT FOR PUBLICATION U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 11-55244

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. Nos. 3:10-cv-01852-IEG 3:07-cr-03475-IEG-1 v.

CARLOS SOTO-LOPEZ, AKA Carlos MEMORANDUM * Mendoza-Camacho, AKA Carlos Soto, AKA Manuel Urias-Castro,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Irma E. Gonzalez, District Judge, Presiding õ

Argued February 7, 2012 Submitted April 6, 2012 Pasadena, California

Before: REINHARDT, WARDLAW, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. Carlos Soto-Lopez appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. y 2255

habeas petition, in which he requested that the district court vacate his sentence.

Soto-Lopez argues that his sentence should be vacated because he received

ineffective assistance of counsel from attorney…