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# 8  
Old 10-21-2014
SMall correction:

su - user1 -c "scp /tmp/file1 user1@box2:/tmp/file1"

is more likely to work correctly on most systems. Note the spaces around su -
# 9  
Old 10-22-2014
One addendum to Aia'a post above, there is a possibility that the remote authorized keys file is called authorized_keys_2
# 10  
Old 10-22-2014
I vote for
Code:
(
USER=user1
eval HOME=~$USER
export USER HOME
cd $HOME
su $USER -fc "scp /tmp/file1 box2:/tmp/file1" 
)

Not having the isolated - skips the login files. Because some su's don't set USER and HOME we set it beforehand. This is done in a (subshell), so the environment is not changed in the main shell. The -f might skip other shell start files.
Another correction:
The auth key file is authorized_keys or authorized_keys2
# 11  
Old 10-23-2014
Thank you everyone! Even though I'm sure most of the other proposed ways would work also, I ended up adding roots pub key in my target home folders auth file and that solved my issue.

Cheers
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