USCA1 Opinion
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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No. 97-1505
UNITED STATES,
Appellee,
v.
JOHN A. FUSCO,
Defendant, Appellant.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
[Hon. Mary M. Lisi, U.S. District Judge] ___________________
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Before
Torruella, Chief Judge, ___________
Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges. ______________
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Randy Olsen on brief for appellant. ___________
Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Attorney, Margaret E. Curran ___________________ ___________________
and Charles A. Tamuleviz, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief ____________________
for appellee.
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December 1, 1997
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Per Curiam. Upon careful review, we reject appellant's ___________
contention that, in sentencing him on revocation of
probation, the district court was bound by a downward
departure granted during appellant's original sentencing.
The plain language of the applicable statute, 18 U.S.C.
3565(a)(2), does not support that contention. See United ___ ______
States v. Plunkett, 94 F.3d 517, 519 (9th Cir. 1996); United ______ ________ ______
States v. Redmond, 69 F.3d 979, 981-82 (9th Cir. 1995). ______ _______
Appellant's reliance on United States v. Granderson, 511 U.S. _____________ __________
39, 57 n.15 (1994), is misplaced. See United States v. Byrd, ___ _____________ ____
116 F.3d 770, 774 (5th Cir. 1997).
Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1. ________ ___
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