US v. Lafawn Bobbitt

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 3:97-cr-00169-JAG-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998981772]. Mailed to: Bobbitt. [12-7347]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-7347

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
LAFAWN DEWAYNE BOBBITT, a/k/a Mandingo, a/k/a Dingo,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
John A. Gibney, Jr.,
District Judge. (3:97-cr-00169-JAG-1)

Submitted:

November 13, 2012

Decided: November 15, 2012

Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lafawn Dewayne Bobbitt, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Daniel Cooke,
Assistant United States Attorney, Brian R. Hood, OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Lafawn
order

denying

investigate

new

Dewayne
his

Bobbitt

motion

evidence

in

appeals

the

for

appointment

his

criminal

district
of

court’s

counsel
Bobbitt

case.

to
was

convicted in 1998; this court affirmed the conviction and later
denied

Bobbitt

2012).

relief

Because

under

Bobbitt

is

28

U.S.C.A.

§ 2255

not

eligible

for

(West

Supp.

court-appointed

counsel at this juncture, we affirm the order of the district
court.
legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
contentions
the

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.

AFFIRMED

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