United States v. Fusco

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[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]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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