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       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]
                 United States Court of Appeals
                     For the First Circuit

No. 98-2085

                          UNITED STATES,

                            Appellee,

                                v.

                      IAN ROSARIO MONTANEZ,

                      Defendant, Appellant.

           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

        [Hon. Juan M. Perez-Gimenez, U.S. District Judge]

                              Before

                    Selya, Boudin and Lynch,
                        Circuit Judges.
                                
                                
                                
                                
     
     Michael A. Tucker on brief for appellant.
     

                                
                                
OCTOBER 12, 1999

  
  
  
  
  
            Per Curiam.  This appeal raises the following issue:
  whether the district court erred in allowing appellant to
  include in his plea agreement with the government a waiver of
  his right to appeal his sentence.  With respect to any or all
  other issues on appeal, defense counsel has filed his brief
  pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744 (1967); 1st
  Cir. Loc. R. 46.6(4).  Defendant has not filed a separate
  brief, although he was notified of his right to do so.
            We have conducted a full examination of the
  proceedings, including review of the transcripts of the guilty
  plea hearing and sentencing hearing, the plea agreement and the
  presentence report.  On the basis of that thorough review, we
  agree with defense counsel that there are no arguable appellate
  issues as to defendant's conviction, plea and sentence.  The
  undisputed facts amply support defendant's conviction of the
  crimes charged.  The district court fully complied with the
  requirements under Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 at the change of plea
  hearing.  The government complied with the plea agreement.
  Defendant received the statutory mandatory minimum sentences
  for the offenses to which he pled guilty.
            For purposes of this appeal, we assume without
  deciding that defendant's waiver of his right to appeal his
  sentence is not enforceable.  We find, however, that the case
  presents no meritorious issues for appeal.  Therefore,
  counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, and appellant's
  conviction and sentence are affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27(c)
  (formerly Loc. R. 27.1).