UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
for the Fifth Circuit
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No. 97-20185
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
VERSUS
MASSOOD DANESH PAJOOH; ALI REZA DADI; and
ANDY AHMAD BOUJABADI,
Defendants-Appellants.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
(H-96-CR-149-1)
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February 10, 1998
Before DAVIS, WIENER, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Appellants challenge their convictions for conspiracy to
obstruct justice and aiding and abetting each other in committing
the substantive offense, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and
1503. Appellants raise the following issues on appeal:
Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction;
whether the district court abused its discretion in giving its
instruction to the jury regarding the charge of obstruction of
justice; whether the district court abused its discretion in
denying defendants' motion for a mistrial based on an alleged
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
Giglio violation by the government; whether the district court
erred in refusing to disclose a witness' presentence report to
defendants for impeachment purposes; whether the district court
abused its discretion in admitting appellant Dadi's prior
conviction; and whether appellant Dadi received ineffective counsel
in violation of his Sixth Amendment right.
After reviewing the record, the briefs of the parties, and
argument of counsel, we decline to consider Dadi's ineffective
assistance of counsel argument because it was not adequately
presented to the district court.1
We have considered the other arguments on the merits and find
them without merit.
AFFIRMED.
1
Dadi is not without a remedy for his ineffective assistance
of counsel claim. He may seek collateral relief under 28 U.S.C. §
2255. See United States v. Ugalde, 861 F.2d 802, 809 (5th Cir.
1988).
2