United States v. Robert Brian Boeckman

33 F.3d 60 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Robert Brian BOECKMAN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-56325. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 23, 1994. * Decided Aug. 25, 1994. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HUG and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Robert Brian Boeckman appeals pro se the district court's denial without an evidentiary hearing of his petition for relief under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 . Boeckman was sentenced to 13 years in prison on February 29, 1988 following his plea of guilty to conspiracy to commit and commission of murder-for-hire in violation of 18 U.S.C. Secs. 371 , 1925A(a). 3 We deny Boeckman's motion for appointment of counsel in light of the dubious merit of his appeal. See Weygandt v. Look, 718 F.2d 952, 954 (9th Cir.1983). In this, one of roughly a dozen petitions for relief he has filed since 1988, Boeckman claims, first, that his sentence constitutes…