United States v. Collins, No. 11-3342 (10th Cir. 2012)
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FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit March 12, 2012 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 11-3342 (D.C. No. 2:10-CR-20129-KHV-17) (D. Kan.) CALVIN D. COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before MURPHY, EBEL, and O BRIEN, Circuit Judges. Calvin D. Collins pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 280 grams of cocaine base (crack). His plea agreement included a waiver of his right to appeal any matter in connection with his sentence, unless the district court departed upward from the advisory guideline range. The district * 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); 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 This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1. court did not depart upward; instead, it sentenced Mr. Collins at the low end of the advisory guideline range (292 months). Notwithstanding the appeal waiver, Mr. Collins filed an appeal seeking to challenge his sentence. The government now has moved to enforce the waiver. See United States v. Hahn, 359 F.3d 1315, 1328 (10th Cir. 2004) (en banc) (per curiam). Under Hahn, in evaluating a motion to enforce an appeal waiver, we consider: (1) whether the disputed appeal falls within the scope of the waiver of appellate rights; (2) whether the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his appellate rights; and (3) whether enforcing the waiver would result in a miscarriage of justice. Id. at 1325. In response to the government s motion, Mr. Collins, through counsel, concedes each of these factors. He does request, however, that he be allowed to reserve the right to file a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with negotiating the waiver. Mr. Collins correctly notes that such a claim must ordinarily be raised in a collateral § 2255 proceeding, not on direct appeal. See United States v. Porter, 405 F.3d 1136, 1144 (10th Cir. 2005); see also United States v. Cockerham, 237 F.3d 1179, 1184 (10th Cir. 2001) ( [A] claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with the negotiation of a plea agreement cannot be barred by the agreement itself. ) (alteration and internal quotation marks omitted)). We have reviewed the record and Mr. Collins s response, and we agree that the appeal falls within the scope of the waiver, all the evidence of record shows -2- that Mr. Collins knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal, and enforcing the waiver would not result in a miscarriage of justice. Accordingly, the motion to enforce the appeal waiver is GRANTED without prejudice to Mr. Collins s right to file a § 2255 motion asserting ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with negotiating the waiver, and this matter is DISMISSED. ENTERED FOR THE COURT PER CURIAM -3-
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