USCA1 Opinion

October 4, 1996

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 96-1232

DOMONIC SANTINI,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant, Appellee.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]

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Before

Selya, Cyr and Boudin,

Circuit Judges.
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Domonic Santini on brief pro se.

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Jorge E.

Pacheco, Acting

United States Attorney, Jose

A. Qui

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Espinosa, Senior
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Litigation Counsel, and Edwin O. Vazquez, Assist

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U.S. Attorney, on brief for appellee.

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Per Curiam.
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Pro
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se prisoner Domonic Santini

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appeals a

district

court order

relief from

that summarily

his sentence under

thoroughly

reviewed the

appeal and

conclude that

denied his

28 U.S.C.

record and

motion for

2255.

the parties'

the motion was

We have

briefs on

properly dismissed

for the reasons stated in the district court's order.

that we

patently

find Santini's

meritless.

claims for

Accordingly,

district court is affirmed.

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965

F.2d 1184,

proper where

1195

sentencing relief to

the

judgment

See Barrett v.
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(1st Cir.

We add

of

be

the

United States,
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1992)(summary dismissal

2255 claims are inadequate on their face).

is

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