Todd Edward Matthews v. United States

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Todd Edward Matthews, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s 1 dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. He argues that the district court erred by rejecting his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court error in his guilty plea proceeding. 2 We affirm.

I

In April 1992, Matthews pleaded guilty to one count of distributing cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and one count of money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(3)(A). In exchange for his guilty plea, the government…