USCA1 Opinion
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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No. 97-1276
UNITED STATES,
Appellee,
v.
ALVIN PENN,
Defendant, Appellant.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
[Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Judge] ___________________
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Before
Torruella, Chief Judge, ___________
Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges. ______________
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Paul J. Haley on brief for appellant. _____________
Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Michael J. Pelgro, ________________ __________________
Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
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October 14, 1997
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Per Curiam. Upon careful review of the briefs and __________
record, we find no merit in appellant's arguments.
Particularly, we decline appellant's invitation to expand the
concept of sentence factor manipulation in this case. As the
district court found, with adequate support, that the
government's conduct was proper and that appellant was
predisposed to the drug sales, there was no cognizable basis
for a claim of sentence factor manipulation. See United ___ ______
States v. Montoya, 62 F.3d 1, 3-4 (1st Cir. 1995). ______ _______
Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1. ________ ___
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