United States v. Edward Lee Reed

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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Edward Lee REED, Defendant-Appellant. No. 96-35104. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 10, 1996. * Decided Sept. 12, 1996. Before: FLETCHER, BRUNETTI and JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Edward Lee Reed, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence following his guilty plea conviction for importing more than 1000 grams of hashish in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . We review de novo, Frazer v. United States, 18 F.3d 778, 781 (9th Cir.1994), and we affirm. 3 Reed first contends that the district court erred by denying his motion to suppress because the Federal Rules of Evidence were not applied at a pretrial suppression hearing. Specifically, he argues that hearsay…