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United States v. Demeulenaere, 10th Cir. (2010)
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No. 10-8017
CRAIG ALAN DEMEULENAERE,
(D.C. Nos. 08-CV-00057-CAB
& 05-CR-00108-CAB)
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, TACHA, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges.
of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is,
therefore, submitted without oral argument.
Craig Alan DeMeulenaere, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the
district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or
correct sentence. 1 Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm
the judgment of the district court and deny DeMeulenaere’s implied application to
file a second or successive § 2255 motion.
In February 2005, former Deputy Mark Smith of the Teton County Sheriff’s
Office observed drug paraphernalia in Toni Tanner’s car. Smith suggested that
Tanner cooperate with law enforcement by participating in an undercover
investigation of DeMeulenaere. She agreed, and in March 2005, she assisted in a
controlled drug buy. After the drug buy, law enforcement officers arrested
DeMeulenaere and searched his house, where they found a total amount of 111.83
grams of methamphetamine, 129.79 grams of cocaine, and 37 grams of marijuana.
In May 2005, DeMeulenaere was indicted for (1) possessing with intent to
distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)
and (b)(1)(B), (2) distributing less than 50 grams of methamphetamine in
violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), and (3) possessing with intent to
distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).
In August 2005, it was discovered that Tanner and Smith had been involved
in a sexual relationship. After holding an evidentiary hearing, the district court
granted a continuance and rescheduled the trial to begin on January 17, 2006.
Because DeMeulenaere is proceeding pro se, we liberally construe his
pleadings. See Hall v. Bellmon, 935 F.2d 1106, 1110 (10th Cir. 1991).
On the morning of January 17, 2006, the district court held a hearing on all
outstanding motions. The district court denied DeMeulenaere’s motions to
suppress evidence and denied his request for another continuance and additional
After a jury trial, DeMeulenaere was convicted of counts one and two of
the indictment, possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and
distributing methamphetamine; he was acquitted of possessing with intent to
distribute cocaine. He was subsequently sentenced to 68 months’ imprisonment
followed by three years’ supervised release. He appealed from his sentence,
which was affirmed. United States v. DeMeulenaere, 205 F. App’x 685 (10th Cir.
2006). On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court denied his petition for writ of
On February 20, 2008, DeMeulenaere filed a § 2255 motion to vacate, set
aside, or correct sentence. In this motion, he identified two grounds for relief.
First, he claimed that the government withheld or belatedly disclosed three pieces
of evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963): (1) a dispatch
audio tape from an unrelated traffic stop, (2) e-mails regarding the personal
relationship between Tanner and Smith, and (3) an evidence bag assigned to
Tanner, which contained drug paraphernalia and was found in Smith’s squad car.
Second, he argued that the trial court’s denial of his motion for a continuance on
the morning of trial violated his due process rights.
On January 29, 2010, the district court denied the § 2255 motion and
granted a certificate of appealability. The district court reasoned that
DeMeulenaere had not raised the Brady and due process/continuance issues in his
direct appeal, and ordinarily would be barred from raising them in a § 2255
motion. DeMeuleneare had contended that he should be excused from this
procedural bar because of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. Thus, the
district court applied the familiar framework of Strickland v. Washington, 466
U.S. 668 (1984), to determine whether his appellate counsel’s performance was
deficient and prejudicial to his defense. See ROA, Vol. I at 177–79. The district
court analyzed DeMeulenaere’s underlying issues and concluded that they were
not so meritorious that he was prejudiced by counsel’s failure to raise these issues
on direct appeal. Because he had not established ineffective assistance of
counsel, the district court concluded that he was procedurally barred from raising
these issues in his § 2255 motion.
On February 24, 2010, DeMeulenaere filed a “motion to add to the record”
before the district court. In this pleading, he sought to supplement the record
with an automobile repair manual, and he argued that the unrelated traffic stop
was unconstitutional. DeMeulenaere also mentioned several other issues
including coercion of an informant, eavesdropping, unlawful search and arrest,
and ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court treated this as a second
or successive § 2255 motion and dismissed it for lack of subject matter
DeMeulenaere timely appealed the district court’s denial of his § 2255
In his original § 2255 motion, DeMeulenaere argued that the government
withheld Brady material and the trial court erred in denying his motion for a
continuance. However, in his appellate briefs, DeMeulenaere does not address
the issues raised in his § 2255 motion. Instead, his arguments are focused on
entirely new issues. Although we liberally construe his pro se briefs, we
generally consider only those issues raised in an opening brief, see Fairchild v.
Workman, 579 F.3d 1134, 1141 n.2 (10th Cir. 2009) (“Generally, the failure to
raise an argument in one’s initial filing will cause it to be waived.”). Because he
has completely failed to challenge the district court’s disposition of his original §
2255 motion, those issues are deemed waived. See id.
Rather than address the district court’s resolution of his original claims for
relief, he has raised seven new issues in his appellate briefs. 2 But he did not
Specifically, he claims: (1) coercion of an informant, (2) bribery of a
witness, (3) “pre-targeting with contingent fee,” (4) unlawful search and seizure,
(5) warrantless arrest, (6) unlawful eavesdropping, and (7) prosecutorial
misconduct. Appellant’s Br. at 3. DeMeulenaere contends that he requested
these issues should be preserved in a pro se supplemental brief he filed on his
direct appeal. However, we denied his motion to file a pro se supplemental brief
and ordered it stricken from the record. See DeMeulenaere, 205 F. App’x at 687.
present these issues in his original § 2255 motion, and we see no reason to deviate
from “the general rule that we do not address arguments presented for the first
time on appeal.” See United States v. Mora, 293 F.3d 1213, 1216 (10th Cir.
To the extent that he presents claims that were not presented in his original
§ 2255 motion, we may liberally construe his pleadings and treat them as “an
implied application to this court for leave to file a second § 2255 motion.” See
United States v. Nelson, 465 F.3d 1145, 1148–49 (10th Cir. 2006). We can
certify a successive or successive § 2255 motion only if DeMeulenaere can
identify “(1) newly discovered evidence . . . or (2) a new rule of constitutional
law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court, that
was previously unavailable.” 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h). However, DeMeulenaere has
failed to meet these requirements, as “[h]e alleges neither newly discovered
evidence nor a new rule of law that applies retroactively.” Nelson, 465 F.3d at
Accordingly, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court and DENY
And further, and even more detrimental to the issues he now seeks to assert, he
did not raise these issues before the district court in his § 2255 motion.
DeMeulenaere’s application for leave to file a second or successive § 2255
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