Opinion ID: 198984
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Heading: Downward Departure for Superb Prison Behavior

Text: 200 Rosario-Rodriguez argues that the district court should have departed downward, pursuant to Sentencing Guidelines § 5K2.0, because of his superb prison behavior during prior and ongoing periods of incarceration. In United States v. Saldana, 109 F.3d 100 (1st Cir. 1997), we explained: 201 Under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a), a defendant may appeal from his sentence . . . if it was imposed in violation of law or by an incorrect application of the sentencing guidelines; but the defendant may not appeal from a sentence within the guideline range if there was no legal error and the only claim is that the district court acted unreasonably in declining to depart. 202 Id. at 102; see also United States v. Tucker, 892 F.2d 8, 10 (1st Cir. 1989). Here, appellant does not allege any error of law. Accordingly, this claim is not subject to review.