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061535P.pdf   01/26/2007  Tyrie Bell  v.  Attorney General
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-1535
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman. Author, with Riley and Gruender, Circuit
   Judges]
   Prisoner case - habeas. Bell's Fifth Amendment claim was procedurally
   defaulted on independent state law grounds because the motion to
   suppress was not timely filed under Iowa's Rules of Criminal Procedure;
   the cause for the failure to timely file was attributable to Bell and was
   insufficient to excuse the procedural default; as a result, the claim is
   unreviewable; claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to file a
   motion to suppress was properly rejected, as the failure to file the motion
   was due to Bell's failure to cooperate with his attorney and was not the
   result of counsel's neglect.