USCA1 Opinion

      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-1333



                        RONALD L'HEUREUX,



                           Petitioner,



                                v.



                JEFFREY J. PINE, ATTORNEY GENERAL,



                           Respondent.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND



           [Hon. Ernest C. Torres, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                     Selya, Stahl and Lynch,

                        Circuit Judges.

                                

                                





     Ronald L'Heureux on brief pro se.

     Aaron L. Weisman on brief for respondent.









November 10, 1998









                                

                                











     Per Curiam.  After careful review of the briefs and record,

and in light of the pending state court proceedings, we cannot say

that the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the

petition for lack of exhaustion.  28 U.S.C.  2254(b)(1); seeJohnson v. Moran, 812 F.2d 23, 23 (1st Cir. 1987); Layne v. Gunter,

559 F.2d 850, 851-52 (1st Cir. 1977).

     Petitioner's remaining arguments and requests are not properly

before this court.

     Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.

































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