Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donikki HARDY, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donikki Hardy, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-04-06
Citations: 92 F. App'x 958
Docket Number: Nos. 02-4965, 02-4998
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donikki HARDY, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donikki Hardy, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 92
Pages: 958–959

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donikki HARDY, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donikki Hardy, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 02-4965, 02-4998.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 11, 2003.
Decided: April 6, 2004.
Jessica Salvini, Salvini & Bennett, L.L.C., Pickens, South Carolina, for Appellant. J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States Attorney, Isaac L. Johnson, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Green-ville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Donikki Hardy appeals from his conviction for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and less than 500 grams of cocaine. On appeal, he challenges the denial of his motion to dismiss his indictment. We affirm.
Hardy alleges that his indictment was improper, because (1) he overheard a Government agent laughing that "no grand jury returned the indictment," (2) the indictment did not include the signature of the United States Attorney, and (3) the foreperson's stamped name was scratched out and another stamped name appeared above it. Hardy also alleges that the district court erred in denying his motion for disclosure of the grand jury materials. Although Hardy's copy of the indictment does contain the irregularities that he notes, the Government has filed a copy of the original indictment which contains the signatures of the United States Attorney and the grand jury foreperson.
Hardy pled guilty to the indictment. A valid guilty plea constitutes a waiver of all non-jurisdictional defects. See United States v. Willis, 992 F.2d 489, 490 (4th Cir.1993). Even if the two signatures were missing from the indictment in violation of Fed.R.Crim.P. 6(c) and 7(c), such defects were not jurisdictional and, thus, were waived by Hardy's guilty plea. See Frisbie v. United States, 157 U.S. 160, 163-65, 15 S.Ct. 586, 39 L.Ed. 657 (1895) (failure of grand jury foreman to sign indictment is non-fatal irregularity); United States v. Easton, 937 F.2d 160, 162 (5th Cir.1991) (requirement that government attorney sign indictment is non-jurisdietional). Moreover, while Hardy's claim that the indictment was somehow forged does presumably attack the jurisdiction of the district court, see United States v. Macklin, 523 F.2d 193, 196-97 (2d Cir.1975) (discussing void actions of grand jury), Hardy's bare, self-serving allegations as to the statements of a Government agent are insufficient to require dismissal of the indictment in light of the facial sufficiency of the original indictment filed with the court. See United States v. Battista, 646 F.2d 237, 242 (6th Cir.1981) (discussing presumption of validity). Nor were these unsupported allegations enough to establish a "strong showing of particularized need" for disclosure of the grand jury materials. United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc., 463 U.S. 418, 442-43, 103 S.Ct. 3133, 77 L.Ed.2d 743 (1983). Thus, the district court properly denied Hardy's motions to dismiss the indictment and to compel disclosure of the grand jury materials.
Accordingly, we affirm Hardy's conviction. We dispense with oral argument, because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.