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181858P.pdf 07/16/2019 Jose Meza-Lopez v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1858
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Colloton and Beam, Circuit Judges]
Prisoner case - Habeas. A reasonable attorney could have determined from
this record, including the government's evidence and petitioner's
statements during the change-of-plea proceeding, that there was an
adequate factual basis for his guilty plea to the money laundering charge,
and the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel with respect to the
plea was properly denied; claim trial counsel improperly coerced the plea
was properly rejected; issue regarding ineffective assistance of appellate
counsel was not included in the COA in the case and would not be
considered.