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    This document is a court case summary from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. It summarizes that the court affirmed the district court's decision to dismiss James Wiley Nichols' second petition to vacate or correct his sentence. The district court found that the petition abused the writ. The court also affirmed the district court's amendment of Nichols' sentence by substituting the special parole term with a term of supervised release of the same length.

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    Filed: 1994-10-17 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 37 F.3d 1484 Docket: 94-1179

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    This document is a court case summary from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. It summarizes that the court affirmed the district court's decision to dismiss James Wiley Nichols' second petition to vacate or correct his sentence. The district court found that the petition abused the writ. The court also affirmed the district court's amendment of Nichols' sentence by substituting the special parole term with a term of supervised release of the same length.

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    James Wiley Nichols v. United States, 37 F.3d 1484, 1st Cir. (1994)

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    37 F.

    3d 1484
    NOTICE: First Circuit Local Rule 36.2(b)6 states unpublished opinions may be
    cited only in related cases.

    James Wiley NICHOLS, Plaintiff, Appellant,


    v.
    UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.
    No. 94-1179

    United States Court of Appeals,


    First Circuit.
    Oct. 17, 1994

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Puerto
    Rico [Hon. Carmen C. Cerezo, U.S. District Judge ]
    James Wiley Nichols on brief pro se.
    Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Juan A. Pedrosa, Assistant
    United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
    D. Puerto Rico
    AFFIRMED.
    Before Selya, Cyr and Boudin, Circuit Judges.
    Per Curiam.

    Petitioner, James Wiley Nichols, appeals from the denial of his second petition
    under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2255 to set aside, vacate or correct his sentence. For the
    reasons stated by the district court, we affirm its decision dismissing the
    petition as an abuse of the writ and amending petitioner's sentence to substitute
    the term of special parole imposed with a term of supervised release of identical
    length.

    Affirmed.

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