United States v. Brett D. Sorenson

24 F.3d 252 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Brett D. SORENSON, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-36687. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 6, 1994. * Decided May 10, 1994. Before: ALARCON, NORRIS and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Brett D. Sorenson pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). He subsequently appealed from the sentence imposed by the district court. We affirmed. United States v. Sorenson, 914 F.2d 173 (9th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1099 (1991). Sorenson then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 in which he claimed that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Sorenson contended that his counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to advise him to invoke state post-conviction remedies challenging the validity of his convictions; (2) failing to…