Lovella Gean Spaulding v. United States

38 F.3d 1218 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lovella Gean SPAULDING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee. No. 92-55825. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 17, 1994. * Decided Oct. 21, 1994. Before: BROWNING, FARRIS, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lovella Gean Spaulding, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of her petition for relief under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 . Spaulding challenges her conviction and the sentence imposed following her Alford plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 846 . Spaulding challenges the sufficiency of the factual basis for her plea and the calculation of her sentence based on the total weight of cocaine involved in the conspiracy. She also renews the claim rejected on direct appeal that she played a limited role in the offense. We have jurisdiction…