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USCA1 Opinion

	

        September 12, 1996      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-1492

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                       Appellee

                                          v.

                                  JORGE BAEZ-ORTEGA,
                                 A/K/A JOSE REYNOSO,
                               A/K/A JUAN CARLOS RAMOS,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

                    [Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Benicio Sanchez Rivera,  Federal Public Defender for the  District
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        of  Puerto  Rico,  and  Gustavo  A.  Gelpi, Assistant  Federal  Public
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        Defendant, on brief for appellant.
            Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Joseph J.  Frattallone,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

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                      Per Curiam.   The defendant-appellant, Jorge  Baez-
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            Ortega,  appeals  his  conviction  for  illegal  entry  of  a

            deported alien under 8  U.S.C.   1326(b)(2).  He  claims that

            he did not validly  waive his right to appeal  the underlying

            deportation order.   After  carefully reviewing the  parties'

            briefs  and  the entire  record,  and  for substantially  the

            reasons  set forth in the  district court opinion, see United
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            States  v. Baez-Ortega,  906  F.Supp. 740  (D.P.R. 1995),  we
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            affirm.

                      Affirmed.  See Loc. R. 27.1.
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