USCA1 Opinion

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1158





                              GERMAIN RAMIREZ-FERNANDEZ,



                                Petitioner, Appellant,



                                          v.



                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                                Respondent, Appellee.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE



                       [Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Germain Ramirez-Fernandez on brief pro se.
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            Jay P.  McCloskey, United  States Attorney,  and F. Mark  Terison,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.





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                                  December 22, 1997

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                      Per  Curiam.  We have carefully reviewed the briefs
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            and the record  on appeal.    We  affirm essentially for  the



            reasons   given  by  Magistrate   Judge  in  his  Recommended



            Decision, which was adopted by the District Court. 



                      Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.
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