
USCA1 Opinion

	




        March 22, 1996          [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 95-2085                                   GERALD CONNELL,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND                    [Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                           Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                 ____________________            Arthur W. Tifford on brief for appellant.            _________________            Sheldon Whitehouse,  United States Attorney,  and Craig N.  Moore,            __________________                                _______________        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                      Per  Curiam.    Defendant-appellant Gerald  Connell                      ___________            appeals  the summary dismissal  of his motion  pursuant to 28            U.S.C.    2255 on  the sole  ground that  his guilty  plea is            invalid.  We affirm for the reasons contained in section II C                         ______            (1)(c) of  the Magistrate  Judge's Report and  Recommendation            dated May 31, 1995. See Loc. R. 27.1.                                ___                                         -2-
