United States v. Hammed

USCA1 Opinion









September 8, 1994
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT


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No. 93-1894

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellee,

v.

ALLI HAMMED,

Defendant, Appellant.


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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND


[Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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Before

Cyr, Boudin and Stahl,
Circuit Judges.
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Ali Hammed on brief pro se.
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Arthur R. Silen on brief for petitioner.
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Edwin J. Gale, United States Attorney, Margaret E. Curran and
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Zechariah Chafee, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief for
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appellee.


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Per Curiam. We have fully reviewed the record and
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briefs, including defendant's pro se briefs and motions, and

conclude the appeal is meritless, largely for the reasons

stated in the government's briefs. To the extent defendant

is contending that counsel was ineffective in failing to move

to dismiss the indictment because of governmental perjury, we

find no ineffective assistance of counsel. The facts

defendant describes do not rise to the level of perjury and

do not warrant dismissal of the indictment. As for the

remainder of defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel

claims, we do not reach them because they are dependent upon

factual assertions outside the record. United States v.
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Mala, 7 F.3d 1058, 1063 (1st Cir. 1993), cert. denied, 114
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S.Ct. 1839 (1994). All of defendant's motions, including his

request for transcripts, to correct the presentence report,

and to hold the prosecutor and Agent Botelho in contempt, are

denied.

Affirmed.
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