Faulk
United States v. Faulk
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Federal prisoner Kinzie William Faulk appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 habeas petition following his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1), and being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (a), and we affirm.
Faulk contends that he was improperly subjected to surveillance on account of his race, that his luggage was searched without probable cause, that he was sentenced in violation of the United States Sentencing Guidelines and the Constitution, and that he received ineffective assistance from his various attorneys. In his plea agreement, Faulk waived his statutory “right to appeal or collaterally attack pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 the judgment and any part of the sentence imposed by the court, provided that, defendant may appeal the Court’s ruling with respect to his motion to suppress evidence, as reflected in the Court’s written opinion filed with the Clerk of the Court on August 7, 1996.” Because we enforce Faulk’s waiver of his rights to appeal both the judgment and the sentence, we…