United States v. Mary Jean Faubion

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The defendant/appellant in this case, Mary Jean Faubion, assigns two points of error to the district court’s denial of her section 2255 motion. 1 First, she contends that the court erred when it rejected her claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Second, she complains of the court’s ruling that a challenge to an upward departure under the sentencing guidelines is not cognizable in a § 2255 proceeding. Neither constitutes reversible error; we therefore affirm.

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Faubion was convicted of armed bank robbery. On February 27,1989, she robbed the Savings of America Bank in…