Court Opinion

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F I L E D
                                                                 United States Court of Appeals
                                                                         Tenth Circuit
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                        MAR 23 2001
                                   TENTH CIRCUIT
                                                                   PATRICK FISHER
                                                                             Clerk

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

          Plaintiff-Appellee,
                                                      No. 00-5221
 v.
                                                 (D.C. No. 00-CV-19-B)
                                                      (N.D. Okla.)
 JEROME GLENN BROWN,

          Defendant-Appellant.

                                ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before EBEL, KELLY and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

      Jerome Glenn Brown appeals the district court’s dismissal of his motion

under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the

appeal.

      Brown was convicted of bank robbery and possessing a firearm during a

crime of violence, and was sentenced to a total of 562 months’ imprisonment.

      *
        After examining appellant’s brief and the appellate record, this panel has
determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the
determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2) and 10th Cir. R.
34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This
Order and Judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of
the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court generally disfavors the
citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be
cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
(Doc. 65, at 1-2.) On direct appeal, we affirmed on the merits but remanded for

the district court to correct its order regarding restitution. See United States v.

Brown, No. 98-5206, 1999 WL 1127628 (10th Cir. Dec. 9, 1999). 1 Brown then

filed a § 2255 motion, challenging his conviction on two new grounds: first, that

his rights under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161-3162, were violated, and

second, that his trial counsel was ineffective. (Doc. 91, at 5.)

      The district court denied relief on both issues. (Doc. 105.) As cause for his

failure to raise the Speedy Trial Act issue on direct appeal, Curley asserted

ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. (Id. at 4.) The court found, however,

that there was no violation of the Speedy Trial Act, so counsel was not ineffective

for failing to raise the issue. (Id. at 7.) Brown was indicted on April 9, 1998, and

jury selection took place on June 29, 1998. (Doc. 8 (indictment); vol. VII (jury

selection). Thus, 81 days elapsed between the indictment and the trial. (Doc. 105,

at 5.) Twelve of these days were excludable from the total because of pending

defense motions. (Id. at 6.) The court therefore found that Brown had been

brought to trial within the 70-day limit of the Speedy Trial Act.

      Brown asserted his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object when

(1) his severed co-defendant was brought into the courtroom for purposes of

      1
       We also denied a motion for mandamus on the Speedy Trial Act issue,
noting that Brown could raise the issue in his § 2255 motion. See In re Brown,
No. 00-5050 (10th Cir. Apr. 4, 2000) (DME panel) (Doc. 99.).

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identification; (2) the co-defendant’s dye-stained socks were admitted as

evidence; and (3) the case was transferred to a new judge for trial after the jury

was sworn in. (Doc. 91 attach., at 11-12.) The district court found that because of

the substantial evidence presented against Brown at trial, he was not prejudiced

by any of his counsel’s actions. (Doc. 105, at 8-9.)

      Unless we issue a certificate of appealability, we lack jurisdiction over this

appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c). For substantially the reasons stated by the

district court, we DENY a certificate of appealability and DISMISS this appeal.

                                        ENTERED FOR THE COURT

                                        David M. Ebel
                                        Circuit Judge

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