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Gomez-Pabon v. United States, 19 F.3d 7, 1st Cir. (1994)
Gomez-Pabon v. United States, 19 F.3d 7, 1st Cir. (1994)
3d 7
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Puerto
Rico
Luis E. Gomez-Pabon on brief pro se.
Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Silvia Carreno Coll, Assistant
United States Attorney, and Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation
Counsel, on brief for appellee.
D.Puerto Rico.
AFFIRMED.
Before Torruella, Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam.
To the extent appellant believes that he will be forced to stay in prison until the
fine is paid, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3569 (Discharge of an indigent prisoner) provides
that upon a showing of indigency, he may obtain his discharge even though he
has not paid the fine. Because appellant's release is not imminent, and since
other legal avenues are available to him, there is no reason to speculate now
about the course of future events. See Levy, 897 F.2d at 598.
Affirmed.