October 4, 1996 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 96-1232
DOMONIC SANTINI,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant, Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
[Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
Circuit Judges.
Domonic Santini on brief pro se.
Jorge E. Pacheco, Acting United States Attorney, Jose A. Quiles
Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Edwin O. Vazquez, Assistant
U.S. Attorney, on brief for appellee.
Per Curiam. Pro se prisoner Domonic Santini appeals a
district court order that summarily denied his motion for
relief from his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 2255. We have
thoroughly reviewed the record and the parties' briefs on
appeal and conclude that the motion was properly dismissed
for the reasons stated in the district court's order. We add
that we find Santini's claims for sentencing relief to be
patently meritless. Accordingly, the judgment of the
district court is affirmed. See Barrett v. United States,
965 F.2d 1184, 1195 (1st Cir. 1992)(summary dismissal is
proper where 2255 claims are inadequate on their face).
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