Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit January 27, 2004, 02-3169 (Marcial L. Chairez v. United States)

MANION, Circuit Judge.

In October 2000 Marcial Chairez was convicted of distributing cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). In August 2002 Chairez filed a post-conviction motion, ostensibly under Fed.R.Crim.P.