Court Opinion

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USCA1 Opinion

	

          February 14, 1996
                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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          No.  95-1323

                                    UNITED STATES,
                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                    JAMIL KHOURY,
                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                                     ERRATA SHEET

               The opinion of  this Court  issued on February  12, 1996  is
          amended as follows:

               On  the  cover  sheet, last  line  before  the date,  change
          "appellee" to "appellant."

          February 12, 1996     [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

                                 ____________________

        No. 95-1323 

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                    JAMIL KHOURY,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

                                 ____________________

                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                   [Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Daniel  S.  Tarlow,  Richard  D. Glovsky  and  Glovsky,  Tarlow  &
            __________________   ___________________       ___________________
        Milberg on brief for appellant.
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                      Per Curiam.  After carefully  reviewing the record,
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            we  conclude the  appeal is  wholly  without merit  and allow

            counsel's motion to withdraw.  The guilty plea colloquy fully

            complied with  Fed. R. Civ. P.  11, and there is  no basis on

            the  present record  for  concluding that  the  plea was  not

            voluntarily, intelligently, and understandingly entered.  The

            district court's failure to warn defendant of the immigration

            consequences of his  plea is  not a basis  for relief.   See,
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            e.g.,  United States v.  Quin, 836 F.  2d 654,  655 (1st Cir.
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            1987);  Nunez  Cordero v.  United States, 533  F.2d 723,  726
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            (1st Cir. 1976).

                      Outlining several  claims, appellate counsel   asks

            that  we direct the district court to appoint counsel to file

            a   2255 petition.  We decline to do so.   The district court

            is in  the best position  to make  the initial  determination

            whether counsel should be appointed.

                      The judgment  is affirmed and  counsel's motion  to
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            withdraw is granted.

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