___________ No. 95-2745 ___________ Richard M. Willmes, * * Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * District of Nebraska. * United States of America, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. *

___________ Submitted: April 8, 1996 Filed: April 16, 1996 ___________ Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

___________ PER CURIAM.

Richard M. Willmes, having pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, was sentenced to a prison term of 324 months and a five-year period of supervised release. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. The present appeal is taken by Willmes from the order of the District Court1 denying Willmes's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion for relief, in which Willmes claimed that in the proceedings attendant to his guilty plea and sentencing he was denied the effective assistance of counsel.

Having considered the briefs, the record on appeal, and the arguments of the parties, we conclude that the District Court did

The Honorable Warren K. Urbom, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. not err in finding that Willmes failed to show prejudice in his ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Because no error of law appears, and because an opinion by this Court would lack precedential value, we affirm the order of the District Court on the basis of that Court's thorough and well- reasoned opinion.

AFFIRMED. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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