United States v. Gamba

MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:

Justin Metuchen Gamba was convicted and sentenced for witness tampering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b). Gamba appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for relief filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Specifically, Gamba argues that the district court erred in denying his § 2255 motion because it did not find Gam-ba’s appellate counsel ineffective when he failed to challenge on appeal the magistrate judge’s jurisdiction to preside over closing argument without Gamba’s personal consent. We affirm because the magistrate judge had proper jurisdiction…