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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                             No. 02-40668
                         Conference Calendar

RAUL DE LA TORRE,

                                          Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

JOHN TOMBONE, Warden,

                                          Respondent-Appellee.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Eastern District of Texas
                         USDC No. 1:02-CV-84
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                           October 29, 2002
Before DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Raul De La Torre, federal prisoner # 30738-077, appeals the

district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition

challenging his 300-month sentence for conspiracy to possess over

1,000 kilograms of marijuana with intent to distribute and money

laundering.    He asserts that his guilty plea was involuntary and

that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance by allowing De

La Torre to plead guilty without understanding the consequences

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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of the plea, by misrepresenting the consequences of the plea, and

by not advising De La Torre of his appellate rights.

     In order to raise this challenge to the validity of his

conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, De La Torre must show that 28

U.S.C. § 2255 provides an inadequate or ineffective remedy.    Pack

v. Yusuff, 218 F.3d 448, 452 (5th Cir. 2000).   He has not shown

that his claims are based on a retroactively applicable Supreme

Court decision establishing that he may have been convicted of a

nonexistent offense or that his claims were foreclosed by circuit

law at the time that he filed his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion.     See

Henderson v. Haro, 282 F.3d 862, 863 (5th Cir. 2002).

Consequently, the district court’s dismissal of De La Torre’s 28

U.S.C. § 2241 petition is AFFIRMED.

     De La Torre has moved for appointment of counsel on appeal.

This motion is DENIED.   See Schwander v. Blackburn, 750 F.2d 494,

502 (5th Cir. 1985).

     AFFIRMED; MOTION DENIED.