United States v. Brian Edward Ratigan

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Brian Edward Ratigan (“Ratigan”) appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his conviction and sentence for, inter alia, the armed robbery of the U.S. Bank in Spokane, Washington on July 12,1996 and the use and carrying of a firearm during and in relation to the bank robbery. 1

Ratigan contends that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his convictions for the bank robbery and weapons charge because the government failed to prove the jurisdictional element of the bank’s FDIC insurance at the time of the robbery. Ra-tigan failed to raise this claim at…