Javier Hincapie Sanchez v. United States

Javier Hincapié Sanchez appeals the district court’s denial of his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his guilty plea and sentence in his criminal conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 , and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). Hincapié Sanchez argues that (1) the government’s actions in this case constituted outrageous government conduct; (2) the prosecution committed a Brady violation by failing to disclose that two men who visited Hincapié Sanchez in prison were government infor mants; (3) these government informants coerced Hincapié Sanchez to plead guilty; (4) the visit by the government informants outside the presence of Hincapié Sanchez’s attorney violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel; and (5) Hincapié Sanchez’s defense attorney and his attorney for the § 2255 motion provided ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

BACKGROUND

In February 1989, the FBI began an investigation of Hincapié Sanchez after two confidential government informants identified him as a drug dealer. Informant Loukas Chris-todoulou introduced Hincapié Sanchez to FBI agent…