United States v. Shaw

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY AND DISMISSING APPEAL

TERRENCE L. O’BRIEN, Circuit Judge.

Norman Shaw pled guilty to federal bank robbery charges and was sentenced *729to 165 months imprisonment. Though his plea agreement contained a waiver of his right to appeal from or collaterally attack his conviction or sentence, Shaw filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 arguing, inter alia, his counsel was ineffective for failing to file an appeal. The district court denied Shaw’s petition and did not rule on his subsequent request for a certificate of…