UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifth Circuit
No. 00-50413 consolidated with No. 00-51142
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff-Appellee
VERSUS
ERNEST CORTINAS, also known as Neto
Defendant-Appellant
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff-Appellee
VERSUS
JIM NEWTON BARR
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Western District of Texas
(W-99-CV-170)
December 20, 2002
Before DAVIS, BENAVIDES, DENNIS, Circuit Judges
PER CURIAM:*
This appeal is controlled by our decision in United States v.
Brown, 305 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2002). The district court’s denial
of Cortinas’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 application is AFFIRMED.
*
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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under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.
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