Opinion ID: 751653
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Heading: Williams' Pro Se Briefing

Text: 35 On June 24, 1997, an administrative panel of this court permitted Williams to file a pro se supplemental brief, leaving this hearing panel to determine the weight to be given to the arguments advanced. On August 14, 1997, this panel denied Williams' further requests to file additional pro se briefs. We have carefully considered the arguments Williams makes in the pro se brief he was authorized to file and we reject them. We have also reviewed the arguments he makes in the later brief he sent to the court before we entered our order denying him further pro se briefing. We rely on counsel to winnow the issues on appeal. Garrett v. United States, 78 F.3d 1296, 1306 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 117 S.Ct. 374, 136 L.Ed.2d 264 (1996). Because Williams' later pro se briefing appears primarily to be an earlier draft of his counseled brief and contains issues not raised in the appellant's opening brief as filed by counsel, we decline to consider them. We also decline to address Williams' complaints concerning his appellate counsel's effectiveness. Our declinations are without prejudice to any later 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion Williams may bring.