Rhonda Gale Walker, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee, 24 F.3d 243 (8th Cir. 1994)

Rhonda Gale Walker appeals the district court's¹  denial of her 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. We affirm.

Walker was convicted of attempting to manufacture methamphetamine. She unsuccessfully appealed, challenging the jury instructions and the sufficiency of the evidence. United States v. Boyd, 958 F.2d 247, 249 (8th Cir. 1992). Walker then filed this motion, arguing for the first time that she should have received a four-level reduction in her offense level for being a minimal participant, rather than the two-level reduction she received for being a minor participant. See U.S.S.G. Sec. 3B1.2. The district court denied relief.

Because Walker could have presented this claim on direct appeal, we need not consider it absent a showing of cause for the failure to raise the issue and actual prejudice resulting from that failure. See Reid v. United States, 976 F.2d 446, 447-48 (8th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 113 S. Ct. 1351 (1993). Walker has made no attempt to show cause and prejudice.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.