United States v. Lewis Nathaniel Dixon

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Lewis Nathaniel Dixon filed a pro se motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, claiming that the district court erred at trial when it denied his motion to suppress evidence allegedly obtained from an unlawful search and seizure, and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel on appeal because counsel failed to raise the suppression issue. The district court denied the motion. We affirm.

On December 5, 1989, federal Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agents arrested the defendant at his home. The defendant was indicted and charged with conspiracy to…