Mustafa Abdullah v. United States

240 F.3d 683 (8th Cir. 2001)

MUSTAFA ABDULLAH, APPELLANT,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE.

No. 96-372.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

Submitted: September 15, 2000.

Filed: February 13, 2001.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Before Hansen, Heaney, and Morris Sheppard Arnold, Circuit Judges.

Hansen, Circuit Judge.

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Mustafa Abdullah appeals the district court's1 denial of his motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. On appeal, Abdullah argues his guilty plea was involuntary and…