United States v. Abelardo Soto-Chaidez

94 F.3d 654 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Abelardo SOTO-CHAIDEZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-56577. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. * Decided Aug. 22, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Federal prisoner Abelardo Soto-Chaidez appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his 161-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 4,747 grams of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . We review de novo, Sanchez v. United States, 50 F.3d 1448, 1451-52 (9th Cir.1995), and we affirm. 3 Soto-Chaidez contends that his sentence was improperly calculated because the government failed to prove that the substance he conspired to possess was…