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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                          No. 96-30367
                        Summary Calendar
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     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

                               versus

     GARY AUGUST DUPAQUIER,

                                         Defendant-Appellant.

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      Appeal from the United States District Court for the
                  Middle District of Louisiana
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                           May 2, 1997
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Gary August Dupaquier appeals the sentence imposed after

reversal on one count and remand for resentencing.     The district

court did not commit plain error in departing upward from the

guideline range at resentencing.     United States v. Vontsteen, 950
F.2d 1086, 1092-93 (5th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 505 U.S.
1223, 112 S. Ct. 3039 (1992).     See also United States v. Campbell,

*
 Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under
the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
106 F.3d 64,   68-69   (5th   Cir.       1997)   (adopting   the   "aggregate

approach"   to    determine      whether      the    Pearce1    presumption   of

vindictiveness attaches and holding that under such approach when

sentence on remand is less severe than the original sentence, the

presumption of vindictiveness does not arise).             Nor did it plainly

err in increasing Dupaquier's offense level for resentencing based

on his prior criminal history.          See United States v. Hawkins, 87
F.3d 722, 730 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 117 S. Ct. 408 (1996);

United States v. Singleton, 49 F.3d 129, 132-34 (5th Cir.), cert.

denied, 116 S. Ct. 324 (1995).

      Dupaquier's motion to temporarily stay proceedings in this

court, have his attorney withdrawn, and proceed pro se so that he

may file a supplemental brief in DENIED.             See Smith v. Collins, 977
F.2d 951, 962 (5th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, 501 U.S. 829, 114
S. Ct. 97 (1993).

      AFFIRMED.

1
    North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 89 S. Ct. 2072 (1969).

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