United States v. James Cheevers

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 5 2022

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-55484 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. Nos. 3:18-cv-01959-GPC 3:13-cr-00492-GPC v. JAMES CHEEVERS, a.k.a. SHORTY, MEMORANDUM* Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted November 9, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: COLLINS and LEE, Circuit Judges, and BAKER,** Judge.

James Lee Cheevers appeals the district court’s denial of his motion under

28 U.S.C. § 2255, in which he alleged that his counsel was ineffective in failing to

file a notice of appeal after Cheevers pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to

distribute controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846.

Reviewing the district court’s decision de novo, Dickinson v. Shinn, 2 F.4th 851,

857 (9th Cir. 2021), we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not…