Filed: Mar. 27, 2014
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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit TENTH CIRCUIT March 27, 2014 Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. No. 13-3293 (D.C. Nos. 2:13-CV-02430-JWL & MARIO CASTILLO, 2:07-CR-20100-JWL-4) (D. Kan.) Defendant - Appellant. ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY* Before HARTZ, McKAY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges. Mario Castillo seeks a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) for review of the federal distric
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit TENTH CIRCUIT March 27, 2014 Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. No. 13-3293 (D.C. Nos. 2:13-CV-02430-JWL & MARIO CASTILLO, 2:07-CR-20100-JWL-4) (D. Kan.) Defendant - Appellant. ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY* Before HARTZ, McKAY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges. Mario Castillo seeks a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) for review of the federal district..
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United States Court of Appeals
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit
TENTH CIRCUIT March 27, 2014
Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v. No. 13-3293
(D.C. Nos. 2:13-CV-02430-JWL &
MARIO CASTILLO, 2:07-CR-20100-JWL-4)
(D. Kan.)
Defendant - Appellant.
ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY*
Before HARTZ, McKAY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.
Mario Castillo seeks a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) for review of the
federal district court’s denial of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence
under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We deny COA because no reasonable jurist could disagree with
the district court’s ruling. See Slack v. McDaniel,
529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); 28 U.S.C.
§ 2253(c)(1)(B).
Mr. Castillo pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to
distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana and 5 kilograms or more of cocaine in
violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846. His plea agreement called for a sentence of 210
*This order is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case,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.
months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release. The district court accepted
his plea agreement under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C).
Mr. Castillo did not file a direct appeal. His § 2255 motion alleged three claims
for relief. He raises two of those issues here.
First, Mr. Castillo claims his Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated. In
the district court, he alleged his attorney failed to object to the base offense level in his
presentence report (“PSR”). As the district court explained, the plea agreement
disavowed any reliance on the Sentencing Guidelines, and the PSR was prepared after the
court accepted his plea and plea agreement solely for the benefit of the Bureau of Prisons.
In his request for COA, Mr. Castillo does not pursue this argument. Instead, he claims
his counsel disregarded his instructions to file a timely notice of appeal. Because he did
not make this argument in district court, we do not consider it here. United States v.
Renteria,
720 F.3d 1245, 1252 (10th Cir. 2013); United States v. Windrix,
405 F.3d 1146,
1156 (10th Cir. 2005).
Second, Mr. Castillo claims violation of his Sixth Amendment right to have a jury
rather than the court determine drug amounts attributable to him. Again, as the district
court explained, it did not find facts concerning drug quantities attributable to him, and
his case law authority, Alleyne v. United States,
133 S. Ct. 2151 (2013), does not apply
retroactively to cases on collateral review. In re Payne,
733 F.3d 1027, 1029 (10th Cir.
2013). Mr. Castillo repeats his Alleyne argument in his request for COA. We agree with
the district court that In re Payne precludes this argument.
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For the foregoing reasons, we deny Mr. Castillo’s request for COA and dismiss
this matter.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
Scott M. Matheson, Jr.
Circuit Judge
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