The opinion
PER CURIAM:
It is appropriate to dispose of this per se case summarily, pursuant to this Court’s local Rule 9(c) (2), appellant having failed to file a brief within the time fixed by Rule 31, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Kimbrough v. Beto, Director, 5th Cir. 1969, 412 F.2d 981 .
The judgment appealed from is affirmed.
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See Local Rule 21.
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. In his motion to vacate, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 , the appellant has challenged the validity of his conviction on grounds that: (1) his guilty plea was coerced in that the Government threatened to use an illegally-obtained statement against him; (2) his plea was not knowingly and intelligently entered because he was not aware of the possible defenses to the charge; (3) he was mentally incompetent to enter the plea because he was withdrawing from alcohol at the time; (4) the trial court failed to determine that there was a factual basis for the guilty plea; (5) the indictment was fatally defective because it did not include all of the essential elements of the crime; and (6) his privately-retained attorney rendered ineffective service.
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. See N.L.R.B. v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 5 Cir., 1970, 430 F.2d 966 .