United States v. David Wayne Means

50 F.3d 17 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. David Wayne MEANS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-16270. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 6, 1995. * Decided March 23, 1995. Before: GOODWIN, TANG and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 David Wayne Means appeals pro se the denial of his petition for relief under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 , in which he asserted that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel in his trial. We affirm. 3 Means was convicted in a jury trial of violating 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2314 (interstate transportation of stolen checks) and sentenced to six months in prison and six months in community confinement, three years supervised release and ordered to make restitution in the sum of $8,772.20. He appealed and this court affirmed the conviction in all respects but remanded the case for resentencing because of a numerical error in the amount of restitution. 4 Means…