United States v. Joel Mora-Mora

34 F.3d 1074 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Joel MORA-MORA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-56536. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 5, 1994. 1 Decided Aug. 29, 1994. 1 Before: O'SCANNLAIN and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, Senior District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM 3 2 Joel Mora-Mora, a former federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. 3 In this, his second motion under Sec. 2255, Mora-Mora contends that: (1) he received ineffective assistance of counsel; and (2) his guilty plea was involuntary because he lacked effective assistance of counsel and because neither his counsel nor the court warned him that he might be sentenced under the Sentencing Guidelines. 4 In December, 1988, Mora-Mora pled guilty to a drug charge during the period in which this court deemed the Federal…