United States v. Lam

MEMORANDUM**

Federal prisoner Tanh Huu Lam appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his conviction and sentence for arson in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i). We have *893jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2253, 2255. We review a district court’s dismissal of a § 2255 motion de novo, see United States v. Valdez, 195 F.3d 544, 546 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.

The sole issue upon which Lam was granted a certifícate of appealability is whether he proeedurally defaulted on his claims because he did not raise the voluntariness and intelligence of guilty…