Case Name: Sam DiPIAZZA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1973-01-12
Citations: 471 F.2d 719
Docket Number: No. 71-1992
Parties: Sam DiPIAZZA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 471
Pages: 719–720

Head Matter:
Sam DiPIAZZA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 71-1992.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Argued Oct. 9, 1972.
Decided Jan. 12, 1973.
Louis A. DiRosa, New Orleans, La., for appellant; Guy Johnson, New Orleans, La., on brief.
William W. Milligan, U. S. Atty., Byron E. Trapp, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert J. Vedatsky, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee; Henry E. Petersen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sidney M. Glazer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief.
Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, WEICK, Circuit Judge, and BRATCHER, District Judge
Honorable Rhodes Bratcher, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted in a jury trial in the Southern District of Ohio of seven counts of. using interstate facilities to promote an illegal gambling enterprise and one count of conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1952, and 371. The conviction was affirmed by this court. 415 F.2d 99 (1969), cert. denied, 402 U.S. 949, 91 S.Ct. 1606, 29 L.Ed.2d 119 re hearing denied, 403 U.S. 924, 91 S.Ct. 2221, 29 L.Ed.2d 702 (1971).
Appellant then filed a motion to vacate sentence, 28 U.S.C. § 2255, on the grounds that the District Judge's charge to the jury was incorrect. He appeals from the denial of this motion.
It is well settled in this circuit that a motion to vacate is not a proper substitute for appeal. Petro v. United States, 368 F.2d 807 (6th Cir. 1968); Hill v. United States, 223 F.2d 699, 701 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 350 U.S. 867, 76 S.Ct. 113, 100 L.Ed. 768 (1955). Furthermore, jury instructions are not subject to attack under § 2255. Hollbrook v. United States, 441 F.2d 371 (6th Cir. 1971).
Affirmed.