Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 11, 2003, 01-10277 (United States v. Thomas Raymond Ross)

PER CURIAM:

1. A federal jury convicted Thomas Raymond Ross of three drug crimes. Four months later, Ross learned that his lawyer, Malik Ali Muhammad, had been suspended from practice by the California state bar shortly before the start of Ross’s trial,

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and had never been admitted to

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practice in the federal district court where Ross was convicted.