United States v. Gust Marion Janis

46 F.3d 1147 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Gust Marion JANIS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-50497. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 1994. Decided Jan. 18, 1995. Before: BROWNING, ALDISERT, * and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 * The colloquy between Janis and the district court at the hearing on Janis's motion to represent himself was adequate to establish that his waiver of the right to counsel was knowing and intelligent. See United States v. Robinson, 913 F.2d 712, 715 (9th Cir.1990). The record demonstrates that Janis understood the nature of the charges against him and the potential sentence he was facing. The district court also explained to Janis that he would have limited access to a law library, 1 that he would have to abide by the same rules as any other lawyer, and that as an inmate at a pretrial detention facility he would have a difficult time…