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## CLD-240 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT NO. 06-5016

________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v. ANGEL MANUEL PINET a/k/a Jose Angel Manuel Pinet, Appellant



## ____________________________________ On Appeal From the United States District Court For the Middle District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Crim. No. 97-cr-00169-2) District Judge: Honorable William W. Caldwell

_______________________________________ Submitted For Possible Summary Action Under Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 May 17, 2007 Before: RENDELL, SMITH AND JORDAN, CIRCUIT JUDGES
. (Filed: June 19, 2007)

_______________________ OPINION

_______________________1 

## We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 

## 1291
. 2 

## We note that we also affirmed the District Court’s order denying a similar request made by Pinet in October 2004 for “tape-recorded transcripts and discovery.” See C.A. No. 04-4287. 2 

## PER CURIAM 

## Angel Pinet appeals from the order of th e United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsyl vania denying his “Motion for Discovery of Grand Jury Minutes.” We will affirm the judgment of the District Court. 1 

## Pinet was sentenced to 360 months in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking offenses. We affirmed. Pinet then filed a § 2255 motion. After appointing counsel and conducting an evidentiary hearing, the District Court denied relief on the merits. We denied a certificate of appealability. 

## In this motion, Pinet states that, de spite making Freedom of Information Act requests to two federal agencies, he did not receive the documents he requested. He notes his suspicion that the government presen ted “perjured testimony” to the grand jury, and he seeks the disclosure of informati on “relevant to the grand jury” pursuant to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 6, 12, a nd 16. Motion at 1-3. The District Court denied the motion because these rules apply to criminal proceedings, and Pinet has no such proceedings pending before the District Court. Pinet now appeals. We agree with the District Court that Pinet cannot use Rule 16 as a vehicle to obtain the documents he has not been able to obtain via FOIA requests. 2 

## Pinet points to

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## no authority to the contrary. Although Pi net argues that he needs the grand jury documents “to demonstrate his innocence unde r § 2241,” the record reveals that he had no habeas petition before the District C ourt when he filed this motion. Accordingly, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court.