United States v. Louis Joseph M. Ives

67 F.3d 309 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Louis Joseph M. IVES, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-35440. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 11, 1995. * Decided Sept. 19, 1995. Before: WRIGHT, ALARCON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM ** Louis J.M. Ives, a federal prisoner, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his seventh 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 petition. We have previously affirmed Ives's conviction for a murder committed on an Indian reservation. See United States v. Ives, 609 F.2d 930 (9th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 919 (1980). Ives contends that the district court erred in dismissing his Sec. 2255 petition as successive. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 . After a de novo review, we affirm. Frazer v. United States, 18 F.3d 778, 781 (9th Cir.1994) (a district court's denial of a 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 motion is reviewed de novo). A 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255…