USCA1 Opinion

                         [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                         FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 97-1813





                       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                               Appellee,



                                  v.



                          ALEJANDRO SAVINON,



                         Defendant, Appellant.



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             APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                   FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE



            [Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, U.S. District Judge]



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                                Before



                         Boudin, Circuit Judge,

                     Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,

                       and Lynch, Circuit Judge.



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    M. Kristin Spath, Assistant Federal Defender, on brief for

appellant.





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                           March 26, 1998



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      Per Curiam.  Alejandro Savinon appeals from his conviction

    and sentence for conspiring to possess with intent to

    distribute and to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. 

    Appellate counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v.

    California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and a motion to withdraw. 

    Counsel has notified Savinon of his right to file a

    supplemental brief, but Savinon has not done so.  After

    thoroughly examining the entire record, we agree that there is

    no meritorious ground for appeal.

        Savinon pled guilty at a plea hearing which conformed

    substantially to Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 requirements.  The

    presentence report ("PSR") provides factual support for the

    district court's calculation of the applicable guideline

    imprisonment range.  Moreover, Savinon's own version of the

    facts -- which was filed with the sentencing court -- accepts

    the PSR's quantities of cocaine powder and cocaine base as

    accurate.  In recognition of Savinon's admission to those

    facts, the government moved for -- and the court granted -- a

    three-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under

    section 3E1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, and

    a downward departure from the applicable guideline imprisonment

    range under  5K1.1.  The court's failure to depart further

    does not provide a meritorious ground for appeal.  See United

    States v. McAndrews, 12 F.3d 273, 277 (1st Cir. 1993).

    

        Savinon's conviction and sentence are summarily affirmed.

    See Loc. R. 27.1.  Appellate counsel's motion to withdraw is

    granted.