
USCA1 Opinion

	




          February 14, 1996                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ___________________          No.  95-1323                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                                    JAMIL KHOURY,                                Defendant, Appellant.                                 ____________________                                     ERRATA SHEET               The opinion of  this Court  issued on February  12, 1996  is          amended as follows:               On  the  cover  sheet, last  line  before  the date,  change          "appellee" to "appellant."          February 12, 1996     [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 95-1323                                     UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                                    JAMIL KHOURY,                                Defendant, Appellant.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                   [Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.                                           ______________                                 ____________________            Daniel  S.  Tarlow,  Richard  D. Glovsky  and  Glovsky,  Tarlow  &            __________________   ___________________       ___________________        Milberg on brief for appellant.        _______                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                                          2                      Per Curiam.  After carefully  reviewing the record,                      __________            we  conclude the  appeal is  wholly  without merit  and allow            counsel's motion to withdraw.  The guilty plea colloquy fully            complied with  Fed. R. Civ. P.  11, and there is  no basis on            the  present record  for  concluding that  the  plea was  not            voluntarily, intelligently, and understandingly entered.  The            district court's failure to warn defendant of the immigration            consequences of his  plea is  not a basis  for relief.   See,                                                                     ___            e.g.,  United States v.  Quin, 836 F.  2d 654,  655 (1st Cir.            ____   _____________     ____            1987);  Nunez  Cordero v.  United States, 533  F.2d 723,  726                    ______________     _____________            (1st Cir. 1976).                      Outlining several  claims, appellate counsel   asks            that  we direct the district court to appoint counsel to file            a   2255 petition.  We decline to do so.   The district court            is in  the best position  to make  the initial  determination            whether counsel should be appointed.                      The judgment  is affirmed and  counsel's motion  to                                       ________            withdraw is granted.                                          3
