U.S. v. ROCHA

No. 95-11229.

109 F.3d 225 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ruben ROCHA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn V. Hastings, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ruben Rocha, Seagoville, TX, pro se.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Ruben Rocha appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion for habeas corpus relief. We affirm.

I.

In the fall of 1988, a drug dealer named Thomas Padilla agreed to sell cocaine on consignment: He was to give Tony Rodriguez thirty kilos of the drug, and Rodriguez was to sell it, paying Padilla later from the proceeds. The plan went awry when Rodriguez proved unable to sell the cocaine at a price sufficient to...

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