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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 14-3492

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

James Lee Flowers, III

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock

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 Submitted: June 5, 2015

Filed: June 22, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

James Flowers appeals from the judgment of the District Court denying his 28 1

U.S.C. § 2255 motion after an evidentiary hearing. The District Court granted

The Honorable James M. Moody, Jr., United States District Judge for the

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Eastern District of Arkansas.

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Flowers a certificate of appealability on his claim that his counsel wasineffective for

failing to file a direct appeal as requested. After de novo review of Flowers’s

ineffective-assistance claim, according deference to the District Court’s credibility

findings, we conclude that the court did not clearly err in finding that Flowers did not

ask his attorney to file an appeal. See Walking Eagle v. United States, 742 F.3d 1079,

1082 (8th Cir. 2014). Accordingly, we affirm. 

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