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063384P.pdf   10/02/2007  Trent Parsons  v.  USA
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-3384
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Wollman and Riley, Circuit
   Judges]
   Prisoner case - habeas. Where counsel did not hear his client's
   directive to file an appeal at the sentencing proceedings, counsel was not
   ineffective in failing to file an appeal; while the better practice is to
   consult a client about the possibility of an appeal, under the
   circumstances - a guilty plea, a sentence within the range bargained for
   and waiver of some appeal rights - counsel was not ineffective in failing
   to follow up and consult about the filing of an appeal.