USCA1 Opinion

      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-1066



                          UNITED STATES,



                            Appellee,



                                v.



                       JUAN A. LOPEZ GOMEZ,



                      Defendant, Appellant.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



          [Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                      Stahl, Circuit Judge,

                Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,

                   and Lynch, Circuit Judge.

                                

                                





     Luis Rafael Rivera on brief for appellant.

     Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jose A. Quiles-

Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Michelle Morales,

Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.









January 12, 1999









                                

                                



     Per Curiam.  Upon careful review of the briefs and record, we

perceive no clear error in the denial of safety valve relief under

18 U.S.C.  3553(f)(5) and U.S.S.G.  5C1.2(5).  We will not

second-guess the district court's negative assessment of

defendant's credibility, and there was adequate support for the

conclusion that defendant had not truthfully provided all his

information.  Accordingly, the district court had sufficient

grounds to refuse the safety valve.  See United States v. Montanez,

82 F.3d 520, 523 (1st Cir. 1996).

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































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