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2004 Decisions                                                                                                             States Court of Appeals
                                                                                                                              for the Third Circuit


6-25-2004

USA v. Sparrow
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Precedential

Docket No. 02-3571




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                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT


                                       No. 02-3571


                           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                                            v.

                                 GAYLORD SPARROW,

                                                       Appellant


                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
                       (D.C. Criminal Action No. 99-cr-00290)
                      District Judge: Honorable Harvey Bartle, III


                      Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)
                                  March 23, 2004

               Before: ROTH, AMBRO, and CHERTOFF, Circuit Judges

                               (Opinion filed June 15, 2004)

Stephen J. Binhak, Esq.
3103 Philmont Avenue
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

      Attorney for Appellant

Patrick L. Meehan
United States Attorney
Laurie Magid
Deputy United States Attorney
Emily McKillip
Assistant United States Attorney
Judy Goldstein Smith
Assistant United States Attorney
615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

       Attorneys for Appellee


                    ORDER AMENDING PUBLISHED OPINION

AM BRO, Circuit Judge

            It is now ordered that the published Opinion in the above case filed June 15,
2004, be amended as follows:

               On the first page, first line of the opinion, delete the words “seeks a writ of
habeas corpus in” and replace it with the words “appeals the denial of his petition under
28 U.S.C. § 2255 with” so that the sentence reads: “Gaylord Sparrow appeals the denial
of his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 with regard to his conviction and sentence . . . .”

       On the first page, last line of the introductory paragraph, delete the word “habeas.”

      On the second page, first column, last two lines through the first line of the second
column, delete the phrase “for a writ of habeas corpus” and delete the “,” between
“§ 2255” and “alleging” so that the sentence reads: “Sparrow then filed a petition
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 alleging ineffective assistance of counsel.”

      On the fourth page, second column, delete the last full sentence and replace it with
“Thus we affirm the District Court’s decision denying Sparrow’s § 2255 petition.”


                                            By the Court,


                                            /s/ Thomas L. Ambro, Circuit Judge


Dated: June 25, 2004




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