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80 F.3d 558
317 U.S.App.D.C. 82
NOTICE: D.C. Circuit Local Rule 11(c) states that unpublished orders, judgments, and explanatory memoranda may not be cited as precedents, but counsel may refer to unpublished dispositions when the binding or preclusive effect of the disposition, rather than its quality as precedent, is relevant.UNITED STATES of Americav.Carlos R. WASHINGTON, Appellant.
No. 95-3082.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Feb. 21, 1996.

BEFORE:  WALD, WILLIAMS, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.
JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM.

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This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and on the briefs filed by the parties.   The court has determined that the issues presented occasion no need for an opinion.   See D.C.Cir.Rule 36(b).   It is

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ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that appellant's sentence be affirmed.   The district court understood the nature of its authority to depart from the applicable guideline range, and exercised its discretion not to do so.   Appellant's claim is, therefore, not reviewable on appeal.  See United States v. Hazel, 928 F.2d 420, 424-25 (D.C.Cir.1991).

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The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after disposition of any timely petition for rehearing.   See D.C.Cir.Rule 41.