United States v. Beaumont

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 97-40953 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOHNNIE FAE BEAUMONT, Defendant-Appellant. - - - - - - - - - - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 97-40953 - - - - - - - - - - December 1, 1998 Before DAVIS, DUHE’, and PARKER, Circuit Judges PER CURIAM:* Johnnie Fae Beaumont, federal prisoner # 03051-078, appeals from the district court’s judgment denying her 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to set aside her sentence. We have reviewed the record and the briefs of the parties, and we affirm the district court’s judgment. Because Beaumont challenged the sufficiency of the evidence in her direct appeal, we do not reach the issue again in this appeal. See United States v. Kalish, 780 F.2d 506, 508 (5th Cir. 1986); United States v. Beaumont, 972 F.2d 553, 563-64 (5th * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. No. 97-40953 -2- Cir. 1992). None of the three grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel Beaumont raises for the first time on appeal rise to the level of plain error. See United States v. Calverley, 37 F.3d 160, 162-64 (5th Cir. 1994)(en banc). Beaumont’s double jeopardy claim is foreclosed by the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Ursery, 116 S. Ct. 2135, 2149 (1996). Her conclusional conflict-of-interest assertion is insufficient to raise a § 2255 constitutional claim. See Koch v. Puckett, 907 F.2d 524, 530 (5th Cir. 1990). Finally, Beaumont’s claim that the fine was excessive is beyond the scope of her § 2255 motion. See United States v. Segler, 37 F.3d 1131, 1136-37 (5th Cir. 1994). AFFIRMED.