Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-02-28 20:28:07+00
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          United States Court of Appeals
                      For the First Circuit

No. 10-1165

                            UNITED STATES,

                               Appellee,

                                    v.

              ESTEBAN RIVERA-LEBRON, a/k/a Junito,

                       Defendant, Appellant.

          APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

       [Hon. Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, U.S. District Judge]

                                 Before

                  Boudin, Howard and Thompson,
                         Circuit Judges.

     Esteban Rivera-Lebron on brief pro se.
     Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Julia M.
Meconiates, Assistant U.S. Attorney,and Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-
Velez, United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

                          February 28, 2011
          Per Curiam. After a thorough review of the record and of

the parties' submissions, we affirm.     Appellant Esteban Rivera-

Lebron ("Rivera") has waived his right to appeal the denial of his

motion for a writ of audita querela because he failed to file an

objection to the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation. See

United States v. Lugo Guerrero, 524 F.3d 5, 14 (1st Cir. 2008).

That Report and Recommendation properly advised Rivera that a

failure to object would amount to a waiver.     See United States v.

Valencia-Copete, 792 F.2d 4, 6 (1st Cir. 1986).

          Furthermore, we see no plain error that would cause us to

overlook the waiver.   See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 155 (1985).

"The armamentarium of common-law writs [is] available only to fill

whatever interstices exist in the post-conviction remedial scheme

made available to federal prisoners by way of [28 U.S.C. §] 2255."

Trenkler v. United States, 536 F.3d 85, 97 (1st Cir. 2008).    Where

a prisoner has filed a motion for relief under one of the common

law writs, the court must examine the substance of the motion to

determine whether the claim is one that would be cognizable under

section 2255.   If so, the motion must satisfy the gate-keeping

provisions of section 2255(h) in order for the motion to proceed.

Id.

          Rivera's motion clearly falls within the purview of

section 2255, as he challenges the validity of his sentence under

United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005).    The motion fails to

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meet the gate-keeping requirements of section 2255.    Rivera has

already filed a first section 2255 motion, so the instant filing

was, in essence, a second or successive section 2255 motion, and

Rivera failed to request permission first from this court to

proceed with his second or successive motion as required by 28

U.S.C. § 2255(h).   Even if he had done so, the request would have

been denied because the motion does not rely upon a new rule of

constitutional law made retroactive to cases on collateral review

by the Supreme Court or upon newly discovered evidence.    See 28

U.S.C. § 2255(h)(1) & (2).

          Affirmed.   See 1st Cir. R. 27.0(c).

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