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U.S. v. KOURI-PEREZ

Nos. 98-1612, 98-1663.

187 F.3d 1 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Yamil H. KOURI-PEREZ, a/k/a Sealed Defendant 1, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Yamil H. Kouri-Perez, et al., Defendants, Appellants, Joaquin Monserrate-Matienzo, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin G. Weinberg, with whom Osteri, Weinberg & Lawson, Kimberly Homan and Sheketoff & Homan were on brief for appellants Cerezo, et al.

Gerardo Ortiz-Del Rivero and David W. Roman, with whom Monserrate Law Office was on brief for appellant Monserrate-Matienzo.

Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Maria Dominguez-Victoriano, Assistant United States Attorney, Camille Velez-Rive, Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.

CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defense counsel appeal the sanction imposed upon them below for filing a vexatious discovery request. We dismiss for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

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BACKGROUND

Appellants' clients were indicted in 1997 for theft of federal property and money laundering. Dealings between the prosecution and defense teams were acrimonious from the start. For present purposes, we focus upon the skirmish which began when...

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