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001425P.pdf   07/27/2001  Henry Taylor, Jr.  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  00-1425
   Western District of Missouri   
   Prisoner case - habeas. District court did not err in finding that 
   Taylor did not instruct his attorney to file a notice of appeal; plea 
   agreement, while no model of clarity, preserved the government's 
   discretion to seek a reduction, and counsel was not ineffective in 
   failing to argue for an alternative interpretation of the deal.