Court Opinion

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USCA1 Opinion

	

        September 20, 1995      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 94-2134

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                JOSE LUIS PEREZ LOPEZ,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

                  [Hon. Juan M. Perez-Gimenez, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Stahl and Lynch,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Ramon M. Gonzalez on brief for appellant.
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            Guillermo  Gil, United  States  Attorney,  Jorge E.  Vega Pacheco,
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        Assistant United  States Attorney, Chief, Criminal  Division, and Jose
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        F. Blanco, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
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                      Per Curiam.    Appellant  pled guilty  to a  single
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            count indictment  charging him with illegal  reentry into the

            United States in violation of 8  U.S.C.   1326(b)(2).  He was

            sentenced at the low end of the relevant guidelines range, to

            46 months  imprisonment.  He  challenges here only  the trial

            court's  refusal  to  grant  a downward  departure  based  on

            allegedly "extraordinary" family circumstances.

                      The sentencing hearing transcript, however, clearly

            reflects that  the trial  judge's decision  was  taken in  an

            exercise   of  discretion,   and   was  not   based  on   any

            misunderstanding as  to the  court's authority to  consider a

            departure.   Accordingly, the  decision is not  reviewable on

            appeal.  See United States v. Morrison, 46 F.3d 127, 130 (1st
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            Cir. 1995); United States v. Romero, 32 F.3d 641, 653-54 (1st
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            Cir. 1994). 

                      Appeal dismissed.  See Loc. R. 27.1.
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