United States of America v. James Lee Flowers, III

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 14-3492
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
James Lee Flowers, III
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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Submitted: June 5, 2015
Filed: June 22, 2015
[Unpublished]
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Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
James Flowers appeals from the judgment of the District Court denying his 281
U.S.C. § 2255 motion after an evidentiary hearing. The District Court granted
The Honorable James M. Moody, Jr., United States District Judge for the1
Eastern District of Arkansas.

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Flowers a certificate of appealability on his claim that his counsel was ineffective for
failing to file a direct appeal as requested. After de novo review of Flowers’s
ineffective-assistance claim, according deference to the District Court’s credibility
findings, we conclude that the court did not clearly err in finding that Flowers did not
ask his attorney to file an appeal. See Walking Eagle v. United States, 742 F.3d 1079,
1082 (8th Cir. 2014). Accordingly, we affirm.
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