United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                     No. 05-2941
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George Paul Skinner,                      *
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                    Appellant,            * Appeal from the United States
                                          * District Court for the Southern
      v.                                  * District of Iowa.
                                          *
United States of America,                 *      [UNPUBLISHED]
                                          *
                    Appellee.             *
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                                Submitted: June 19, 2006
                                   Filed: June 20, 2006
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Before MELLOY, FAGG, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      George Paul Skinner appeals the district court’s* order denying Skinner's 28
U.S.C. § 2255 motion. The district court granted a certificate of appealability (COA)
on whether United States v. Booker, 

(2005), is retroactively applicable
on collateral review, and we have since held it is not. See Never Misses A Shot v.
United States, 

, 783-84 (8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam). Skinner also
challenges the denial of his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, upon which the
court also granted a COA, and we agree with the district court Skinner made no

      *
      The Honorable Ronald E. Longstaff, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.
showing he suffered prejudice as a result of counsel’s deficient performance. See
Brown v. United States, 

, 878 (8th Cir. 2002) (counsel’s decision not to
raise issue unsupported by then-existing precedent did not constitute ineffective
assistance), cert. denied, 

(2003); Nguyen v. United States, 

,
703-04 (8th Cir. 1997) (ineffective-assistance claim in guilty plea context).

      We affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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