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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Emerson HAYNES, aka Anthony Haynes, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 11-3737-cr.
    United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    Oct. 14, 2014.
    Joseph J. Karaszewski, Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of New York (William J. Hochul, Jr., United States Attorney, on the brief), Buffalo, N.Y., for Appellee.
    Emerson Haynes, pro se, Buffalo, N.Y., for defendant-appellant.
    PRESENT: ROSEMARY S. POOLER, REENA RAGGI, and PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judges.
   SUMMARY ORDER

Emerson Haynes, pro se, appeals a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Skretny, C.J.) entered on September 6, 2011, following a jury verdict, convicting him of unlawful use of premises for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1), and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.

Upon review of the record, we conclude that the district court properly denied Haynes’s pretrial motions seeking to dismiss the indictment and to suppress evidence. Haynes based his motions on unsupported allegations that the grand jury considered improper evidence, the prosecution was vindictive, the Government’s conduct was “outrageous,” and his speedy trial rights were violated. We further conclude that Haynes was not denied his right to challenge the validity of the search warrant. The October 19, 2009 report and recommendation of the magistrate judge reflects that his challenge to the warrant was considered and rejected. We also find no support in the record for Haynes’s contentions that the district court acted as a “rubber stamp” for the Government, or that the court colluded with the Government and standby counsel to violate his rights.

With respect to Haynes’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims, those claims should be made in the first instance to the district court. See United States v. Matos, 905 F.2d 30, 32 (2d Cir.1990). This Court prefers to hear ineffective assistance claims on collateral review. See United States v. Doe, 365 F.3d 150, 152 (2d Cir. 2004). Although we may decide such claims on direct appeal when their resolution is “beyond any doubt” or in the interest of justice, Haynes has not made such a showing. Matos, 905 F.2d at 32 (internal quotation marks omitted).

We have considered Haynes’s remaining arguments and find them to be without merit. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.