Roy Salinas v. United States

424 F.2d 541, 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 9718

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: April 17, 1970
• Docket: 28670_1
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying the motion of a federal convict to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm. 1

Appellant is currently serving an eight-year sentence for violating 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a), selling narcotic drugs (Heroin) not in the original stamped package, to which he pled guilty. In his § 2255 motion to vacate sentence, appellant contends that his guilty plea “was coerced by the then existing weight of authorities which held that the privilege against self-incrimination could not be asserted by those in [his] circumstances.” He urges that the reasoning in Leary v. United States, 1969, 395 U.S. 6, 89 S.Ct. 1532, 23 L.Ed.2d 57, applies to his case, arguing that by being required to register and pay the tax he is being forced to incriminate himself for a state prosecution. The district court denied relief based upon this Court’s opinion in United States v. Walker, 5th Cir. 1969, 414 F.2d 876. For the reasons expressed in Walker, the judgment below is affirmed. See also Turner v. United States, 1970, 396 U.S. 398, 90 S.Ct. 642, 24 L.Ed.2d 610.

Affirmed.

1 . It is appropriate to dispose of this pro se case summarily, pursuant to this Court’s local Rule 9(c) (2), appellant having failed to file a brief within the time fixed by Rule 31, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Kimbrough v. Beto, Director, 5th Cir. 1969, 412 F.2d 981.