Oliver V. United States

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge. In 1973, Curtis C. Oliver pleaded guilty to two related federal bank robbery charges. See 18 U.S.C. § 371 (conspiracy to commit bank robbery) and § 2113(d) (bank robbery). Over seventeen years later, he challenged that plea as not knowingly, intelligently or voluntarily entered and asked that his sentence for those crimes be vacated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Additionally, Oliver sought appointed counsel in his section 2255 proceeding pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3006A. The district court denied both of Oliver's motions and he appealed. For the reasons that follow, we now affirm.