Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-1811

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                STEPHEN MICHAEL DION,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

                       [Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Stephen M. Dion on brief pro se.
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            Jay P. McCloskey, United States  Attorney, Frederick C.  Emery and
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        Margaret D. McGaughey, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief for
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        appellee.

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                                    April 25, 1997
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                      Per Curiam.   Stephen  Michael Dion appeals  from a
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            sentence  imposed upon  revocation  of a  term of  supervised

            release.   None of the  arguments Dion raises  on appeal were

            presented  to  the sentencing  court.    Having reviewed  the

            briefs and record, we find no error (much less plain error).

                      First,  the imposition  of  an  additional term  of

            supervised release was within the district court's authority.

            See  United  States v.  O'Neil, 11  F.3d  292, 301  (1st Cir.
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            1993).   Dion has offered no persuasive reasons to reconsider

            our holding in O'Neil.  
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                      Second, there is ample  evidence in the record from

            which  the district  court  could conclude  that  Dion has  a

            history  of alcohol abuse.  The two new special conditions of

            supervised release  were clearly directed at  addressing this

            problem.   Cf. United States v. Thurlow,  44 F.3d 46, 47 (1st
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            Cir.)  (per  curiam) (no  abuse  of  discretion in  requiring

            defendant  to  abstain from  consuming  alcohol  in light  of

            personal history and continuing alcohol abuse), cert. denied,
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            115  S. Ct.  1987  (1995).    We  are  persuaded  that  these

            conditions   are  rationally   related   to   the  goals   of

            rehabilitation, deterrence, and protection of the public.  

                      Affirmed.
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