Legal Opinion
United States v. Viera
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 28, 2012No. 11-3296PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
Jose Viera, a federal prisoner, proceeds pro se. 1 He filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct a sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court denied the motion but granted a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) on the claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to file an appeal despite the defendant’s specific instructions to do so (“appeal issue”). The district court denied COA as to other claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. Mr. Viera appeals the appeal issue and requests COA on several other…
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