United States v. Alonzo Bates

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Alonzo W. Bates appeals the district court’s dismissal of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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In March 2006, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Bates with four counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341; four counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds, 18 U.S.C. § 666; one count of extortion, 18 U.S.C. § 1951; one count of bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344; and four counts of failure to file a tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7203. On the first…