[NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 98-1224

UNITED STATES,

Appellee,

v.

VERA YENNY MENJIVAR,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. George A. O'Toole, Jr., U.S. District Judge]

Before

Selya, Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.

Diana L. Maldonado on brief for appellant. Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Diana K. Lloyd, Assistant U.S. Attorney, on brief for appellee.

SEPTEMBER 24, 1998

Per Curiam. Upon careful review of the briefs and record, we find no basis for defendant's contention that she was not afforded her right of allocution. As required by Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(c)(3)(C), "before imposing sentence," the district court gave defendant an opportunity "to make a statement and to present any information in mitigation of the sentence." The district court did not violate Rule 32 by considering defendant's motion for a downward departure before hearing allocution. See United States v. Diaz-Alvarez,

(8th Cir. 1995). Further, nothing in the record suggests to us that the district court failed to give due consideration to defendant's statement. See United States v. Mata-Grullon,

(1st Cir. 1989). Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.

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