DISCLAIMER:  The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
                        as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.

003415P.pdf   09/24/2001  Pedro Sera  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  00-3415
   District of Minnesota   
   Prisoner case - habeas. Counsel's failure to move for a downward 
   departure based on defendant's willingness to waive resistance to 
   deportation and his status as a deportable alien was not ineffective 
   assistance of counsel where trial counsel chose to pursue a successful 
   alternative strategy at sentencing.
  
003415P.pdf   07/10/2001  Pedro Sera  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  00-3415
   District of Minnesota   
   Prisoner case - habeas. Counsel's failure to move for downward 
   departure based on Sera's willingness to waive deportation or his 
   status as a deportable alien was not ineffective assistance.