United States v. Nicholas Saltaris

97 F.3d 1462 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Nicholas SALTARIS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-56690. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 20, 1996. * Decided Sept. 25, 1996. 1 Before: KOZINSKI and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Nicholas Saltaris appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his conviction and from the district court's subsequent refusal to reconsider that decision, arguing that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for use of a firearm in a drug trafficking offense. We reject each of these contentions and affirm. 4 * Saltaris first argues that the district court erred by denying his section 2255 motion without conducting an evidentiary hearing on the question of whether defense counsel was ineffective by…