Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 97-1611

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                   ROBERT MEDEIROS,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

                    [Hon. Ronald R. Lagueux, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges.
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            Thomas A. Grasso on brief for appellant.
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            Sheldon  Whitehouse, United  States Attorney,  Margaret  E. Curran
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        and Charles A. Tamuleviz, Assistant United States Attorneys, on  brief
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        for appellee.

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                                  February 10, 1998
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                 Per  Curiam.  Upon careful review of the record, briefs,
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            and  the  government's  motion  for summary  disposition,  it

            plainly  appears  that  the  district  court's  discretionary

            decision  to deny  a  downward departure  is  not subject  to

            appellate review.   See United  States v.  Saldana, 109  F.3d
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            100, 103 (1st Cir. 1997).  

                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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