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United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 00-1981

UNITED STATES,

Appellee,

v.

CARLOS FIGUEROA-CARDONA, a/k/a El Primo, a/k/a Charlie,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Daniel R. Domínguez, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Selya, Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges.

Victor Ramos Rodriguez on brief for appellant. Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega- Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson Perez- Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

September 25, 2000 Per Curiam. The notice of appeal in this matter

was filed one day late. Still, after a thorough review of

the record and of the parties’ submissions, we find that the

merits of the appeal favor the appellee. Thus, we bypass

the jurisdictional question. See United States v. Woods,

(1st Cir. 2000). We affirm the order of

detention, essentially for the reasons set out by the

district judge in his written order.

Affirmed. 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27(c).

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