                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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                                       No. 11-1205
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                            UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                                             v.

                                   CREMNE BRANCH,

                                                 Appellant
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                    On Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
                                  (No. 1-05-cr-00146-001)
                    District Judge: Honorable Christopher C. Connor

                    Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a)
                                  September 11, 2012
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              Before: SMITH, CHAGARES, and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

                               (Filed: December 10, 2012)
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                                   JUDGMENT ORDER
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       The defendant Branche having appealed from the denial of his motion to vacate,

set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and from the denial of a

certificate of appealability by the District Court, it is on this 10th day of December, 2012

ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the District Court entered on December 17,
2010 be and the same is hereby affirmed substantially for the reasons so adequately set

forth in the District Court’s opinion.

                                         BY THE COURT,

                                         Michael A. Chagares
                                         Circuit Judge

Dated: December 10, 2012
