Anthony Collins v. United States

Anthony Collins, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In his motion, Collins asserted numerous claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, including that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to (1) convey to the district court his mid-trial desire to plead guilty to two of the three counts in the indictment, which would have entitled him to a two-level guideline reduction for acceptance of responsibility; (2) move the district court to dismiss the…