Quinones-Pita v. United States

Opinion

USCA1 Opinion

June 24, 1996         [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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No. 95-1502



                                 JOSE QUINONES-PITA,



                                Petitioner, Appellant,



                                          v.



                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                                Respondent, Appellee.



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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



                    [Hon. Jose Antonio Fuste, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Selya, Cyr, and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Jose Quinones-Pita on brief pro se.
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            Guillermo  Gil,  United States  Attorney,  Jorge  E. Vega-Pacheco,
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        Assistant United  States  Attorney, and  Nelson Perez-Sosa,  Assistant
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        United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.


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Per Curiam.   We have reviewed  the parties' briefs  and
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            the  record on appeal.  We affirm essentially for the reasons



            stated in the district court's opinion and order, dated March



            15, 1995.



                 Affirmed.
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