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USCA1 Opinion

	

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1247

                                   RAFAEL MERCADO,

                                     Petitioner,

                                          v.

                                STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,

                                     Respondent.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

                [Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Selya, Boudin and Lynch,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Rafael Mercado on brief pro se.
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                                   JANUARY 31, 1997
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                 Per Curiam.  Rafael Mercado has appealed an order of the
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            district court, dated October  24, 1995, which, in accordance

            with  a  magistrate  judge's recommendation,  denied  Mercado

            leave  to file an untimely  appeal from the  January 17, 1995

            denial of his  habeas corpus petition.  There was no error as

            the court correctly concluded that the time within  which the

            court  could extend the time  for appeal had already expired.

            See  Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5).   Mercado does not contend that
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            he  did not timely receive notice of the judgment denying his

            habeas petition.  His claim that Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) should

            serve to excuse his failure to appeal is unavailing.

                 The order of October 24, 1995 is affirmed.
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