Court Opinion

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                           No. 95-50516

                          Summary Calendar
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          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                               Plaintiff-Appellee,

          v.

          GUILLERMO FLORES,

                               Defendant-Appellant.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Western District of Texas
                         (EP-94-CR-261-DB)
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                           April 18, 1996
Before KING, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Guillermo Flores appeals his sentence for conspiracy to

possess cocaine with intent to distribute, arguing that the

district court clearly erred by sentencing him as a manager in

the offense.   Flores also urges that his role in the offense was

minor.   Flores objected to the increase in his offense level, but

he did not object that the facts reported by the probation

officer were incorrect.   Flores testified at the sentencing

hearing, but the district court implicitly rejected Flores’

     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
version of his role in the offense as not credible.   The district

court’s determination that Flores was the manager in charge of

transporting the cocaine is plausible in light of the record as a

whole and, thus, not clearly erroneous.   United States v.

Edwards, 65 F.3d 430, 432 (5th Cir. 1995).

     AFFIRMED.

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