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163519P.pdf   09/19/2017  Fred Thompson  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-3519
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Chief Judge Smith and Colloton, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Habeas Corpus - motion to vacate. The underlying facts are set forth in 
   United States v. Thompson, 770 F.3d 689 (8th Cir. 2014. Absent clear error 
   or manifest injustice, the administrative panel's decision that the court 
   has jurisdiction is the law of the case. Claim raised on direct appeal 
   that district court violated Rule 11 by improperly participating in plea 
   negotiations cannot be relitigated in a motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. 
   sec. 2255. Government's sli