Opinion ID: 491655
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Heading: Muhammad's Other Claims.

Text: 18 Muhammad's remaining claims need not detain us long. On his claim of insufficient evidence to support his CCE conviction, Muhammad previously obtained two determinations of that claim on the merits. Since he now fails to allege new or different grounds for relief, the district court properly rejected his attempt to reassert that claim. In addition, the claim of improper jury instructions on the elements of the CCE count was considered by the panel on Muhammad's direct appeal, which, as mentioned above, ruled that it was not even worthy of discussion. Therefore, Judge Pollack properly dismissed those claims pursuant to rule 9(b) of the rules governing proceedings under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255. See Sanders v. United States, 373 U.S. 1, 15, 83 S.Ct. 1068, 1077, 10 L.Ed.2d 146 (1963). 19 As for Muhammad's claims of insufficient evidence and improper jury instructions relating to his narcotics conspiracy and RICO conspiracy convictions, because Muhammad knew of those claims at the times of his direct appeal and of his first postconviction motion but deliberately withheld them from the court's consideration, he has waived them. See id. at 17-18, 83 S.Ct. at 1078; see also Antone v. Dugger, 465 U.S. 200, 205-06, 104 S.Ct. 962, 964, 79 L.Ed.2d 147 (1984) (per curiam); Williams v. United States, 731 F.2d 138, 142 (2d Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1188, 105 S.Ct. 956, 83 L.Ed.2d 963 (1985). 20 Affirmed.