Legal Opinion
Bemis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 25, 1994No. 93-2387PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Gregg Bemis appeals pro se from the summary dismissal of his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The centerpiece of his petition is the allegation that government prosecutors have reneged on a promise, made as part of his 1984 plea agreement, to secure (or at least recommend) his entry into the Federal Witness Protection Program (FWPP) upon his release from prison. From this premise, petitioner advances a number of claims — most of which are no longer zoetic and, therefore, need not be described at any length. In…
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