IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 94-20587
Summary Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
MIRYAM BALCAZAR,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. CA-94-2337 (CR-H-89-0012-01)
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February 7, 1996
Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Appellant Miryam Balcazar appeals from the district court's
order denying her motion to vacate her sentence, filed pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. She argues that the district court should
have disqualified itself from presiding over her bench trial
after denying her motion to suppress evidence, and that her trial
counsel was ineffective for allowing the hearing on her
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Pursuant to Local Rule 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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 Local Rule
47.5.4.
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suppression motion and her bench trial to be jointly conducted.
We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and
find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for essentially
the reasons given by the district court. United States v.
Balcazar, No. CR H-89-12 (S.D. Tex. July 20, 1994).
AFFIRMED.