United States v. Cesar Yap Changco

94 F.3d 653 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Cesar Yap CHANGCO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-56671. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. * Decided Aug. 16, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Federal prisoner Cesar Yap Changco appeals pro se the district court's denial of his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his conviction for robbery of a post office, kidnapping, and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. Changco contends that: (1) the district court abused its discretion by denying his request for a continuance in order to substitute counsel and (2) his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge as pretextual the government's race neutral explanations for exercising its peremptory strikes against two minority jurors. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . We review de novo, Sanchez…