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PERALTA v. U.S.

No. 08-1765.

597 F.3d 74 (2010)

Andres PERALTA, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 5, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Alan Seidler, for appellant.

Renée M. Bunker, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney was on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, and SAYLOR, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by a federal prisoner from the denial of a motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Appellant Andres Peralta pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy count in 2004 and was sentenced to 135 months' imprisonment. He now contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment and, as a result, was wrongly classified as a career criminal and sentenced to an unreasonably long term of imprisonment...

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