United States v. Paul Masaru Ono

103 F.3d 143 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Paul Masaru ONO, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-56178. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 2, 1996. * Decided Dec. 5, 1996. Before: SNEED, TROTT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Paul Masaru Ono, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. Ono was convicted of numerous offenses stemming from his participation in the manufacture of a synthetic heroin analogue, OPP/PPP. 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 * Legality of Tape Recordings 4 Ono contends that tape recordings admitted at trial should have been suppressed because the wiretap violates Canadian law. We need not decide the legality of the wiretap under Canadian law because the United States…