[NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 99-1535

UNITED STATES,

Appellee,

v.

MIGUEL A. COSME,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

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

Before

Selya, Circuit Judge, Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lipez, Circuit Judge.

Elaine H. Thompson on brief for appellant. Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, Donald C. Lockhart and Kenneth P. Madden, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief for appellee.

January 19, 2000

Per Curiam. We find no clear error in the district court's refusal to award appellant an offense level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. 3E1.1, and we affirm. United States v. Mata-Grullon,

(1st Cir. 1989) (no clear error in district court's denial of reduction under U.S.S.G. 3E1.1 to defendant who had pled guilty to drug offense and who had lied about his name, birth date, and citizenship) (citing U.S.S.G. 3E1.1, Application Note 4). Affirmed. 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27(c).