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U.S. v. RATLIFF

No. 12-50108.

719 F.3d 422 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Debra Renee RATLIFF, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 19, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Evers Jason Leach , Law Office of E. Jason Leach, Odessa, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before ELROD and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges, and MARTINEZ, District Judge.

HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge.

Debra Ratliff appeals from the district court's denial of her § 2255 motion to vacate her conviction. The lone issue preserved for review is whether her trial attorney's failure to file a motion to suppress constituted ineffective assistance of counsel ("IAC") and rendered involuntary her guilty plea. To prove that claim, Ratliff was required to show that (1) a suppression motion would have been meritorious, (2) her counsel's failure...

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