Antranik Paroutian v. United States

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is an application by a federal prisoner for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court properly treated the application as a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See Ray v. United States, 295 F.2d 416 (10th Cir. 1961), cert. denied, 369 U.S. 875, 82 S.Ct. 1146, 8 L.Ed.2d 278 (1962). We affirm the district court’s denial of the motion.

Appellant was convicted of dealing in narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. The conviction was affirmed, 319 F.2d 661 (2d Cir. 1963), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 981, 84 S.Ct. 494, 11 L.Ed.2d 426 (1964).

While appellant was incarcerated in the…