United States v. Fusco ( 1997 )


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  • [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
    No. 97-1505
    UNITED STATES,
    Appellee,
    v.
    JOHN A. FUSCO,
    Defendant, Appellant.
    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
    [Hon. Mary M. Lisi, U.S. District Judge]
    Before
    Torruella, Chief Judge,
    Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
    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.
    December 1, 1997
    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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