Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 97-1086
         
                                    UNITED STATES,
                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                   WILLIE SANCHEZ,
                                Defendant, Appellant.
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        No. 97-1087
                                    UNITED STATES,
                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                    DAVID RIVERA,
                                 A/K/A KENNETH BAKER,
                               A/K/A CHRISTOPHER TOLAN,
                                Defendant, Appellant.
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                    APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

                       [Hon. Mary M. Lisi, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Louis  F. Robbio and Robbio  & Nottie Ltd. on  brief for appellant
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        Willie Sanchez, alias William Sanchez.
            Martin D. Harris on brief for appellant David Rivera.
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            Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Attorney,  and Richard W.  Rose,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
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                                  December 31, 1997
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                 Per Curiam.    Upon careful  review  of the  record  and
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            briefs in these  companion appeals, we find no  reason to set

            aside appellants' respective sentences.  Contrary          to

            appellants'  arguments, the  district court's  calculation of

            the intended  loss reveals  no clear error,  in light  of the

            number of  ESN-MIN pairs  in defendants'  possession and  the

            expert  testimony and  other evidence  as  to average  losses

            incurred per  pair.   See United States  v. Watson,  118 F.3d
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            1315, 1319 (9th  Cir. 1997).   The  adjustment for  appellant

            Rivera's managerial role  in the offense also  was adequately

            supported, notwithstanding Rivera's present attack on his own

            credibility.

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