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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Manuel Vienbenitos SANTIAGO, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 00-1002.
    United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    Jan. 12, 2001.
    
      Irma B. Ascher, Esq., New York, NY, for appellant.
    Robert C. Juman; James J. Benjamin, Jr., on the brief, Assistant United States Attorneys, Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for appellees.
    Present MESKILL, LEVAL, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.
   SUMMARY ORDER

Defendant Manuel Vienbenitos Santiago appeals from the sentence imposed on him on his plea of guilty to a drug conspiracy and assault on a federal agent. He argues that the district court erred by not granting him a two-level reduction as a “minor participant” under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(b). Given the nature of Santiago’s extended participation, his agreement to supply 550 grams of crack cocaine at a price of $11,000, his soliciting a supplier, his recruitment of a courier, and his giving of instructions concerning the exchange of drugs for money, the district court was well justified in rejecting Santiago’s claim of entitlement to the minor-participant reduction.

ON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.