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U.S. v. PIERCE

No. 91-4097.

959 F.2d 1297 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roy Lee PIERCE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike A. Hatchell (court-appointed), Tyler, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Tonda L. Curry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bob Wortham, U.S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Thomas M. Gannon, Vicki S. Maran, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, DUHÉ, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

The pivotal issues in this appeal from denial of § 2255 relief are the scope of such proceedings, and Roy Lee Pierce's ineffective assistance of counsel claim concerning a search purportedly violative of the Fourth Amendment, but which Pierce lacks standing to challenge. We AFFIRM.

I.

At the Los Angeles American Airlines terminal in December 1987, Pierce's sister-in-law, Angela Evans, picked up a package sent from Tyler...

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