United States v. Rosendos Cisneros

77 F.3d 490 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Rosendos CISNEROS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-16231. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 7, 1995. * Decided Feb. 12, 1996. Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Federal prisoner Rosendo Cisneros appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his 16-month sentence imposed following his jury conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Cisneros contends that his counsel was ineffective because he: (1) he failed to present an entrapment defense at trial; (2) failed to contest the inclusion of a prior conviction that was used to compute Cisneros's criminal history category; and (3) failed to object to the district court's determination that Cisneros was an organizer pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(c). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and…