United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-1108 SHAWN SHANNON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent-Appellee. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 2:18-cv-02233-JES — James E. Shadid, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED APRIL 14, 2022 — DECIDED JULY 12, 2022 ____________________

Before SYKES, Chief Judge, and HAMILTON and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge. In a jury trial before District Judge Colin S. Bruce, petitioner Shawn Shannon was con- victed of nineteen counts of sexually exploiting a child and one count of distributing child pornography. Judge Bruce sen- tenced Shannon to 720 months (60 years) in prison. Shannon challenges those convictions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, arguing that his trial counsel was ineffective and that he did not 2