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United States Court of Appeals
For the First Circuit
No. 99-1559
HERMINIO PICHARDO-BERGES,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant, Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
[Hon. Jaime Pieras, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
Before
Torruella, Chief Judge,
Stahl and Lipez, Circuit Judges.
Herminio Pichardo-Berges on brief pro se.
Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco,
Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant
United States Attorney on brief for appellee.
JANUARY 19, 2000
Per Curiam. We have reviewed the parties' briefs and
the record on appeal. We affirm the district court's denial of
petitioner's motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255
essentially for the reasons stated in the district court's
opinion and order, dated February 19, 1999.
Affirmed. Loc. R. 27(c).