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VARGAS-DE JESÚS v. U.S.

No. 14-1030.

813 F.3d 414 (2016)

Wayne VARGAS-DE JESÚS, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 10, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derege B. Demissie , with whom Demissie & Church was on brief, for appellant.

Susan Z. Jorgensen , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Mainon A. Schwartz , Assistant United States Attorney, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BARRON and STAHL, Circuit Judges, and SOROKIN, District Judge.

Wayne Vargas-De Jesús appeals the District Court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition for post-conviction relief. Vargas contends that his petition should have been granted because his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance at sentencing in violation of the Sixth Amendment. We affirm.

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