USCA1 Opinion

       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 99-1559



                    HERMINIO PICHARDO-BERGES,



                      Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                v.



                          UNITED STATES,



                       Defendant, Appellee.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



          [Hon. Jaime Pieras, Jr., U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                     Torruella, Chief Judge,

                Stahl and Lipez, Circuit Judges.

                                

                                

                                

                                

     

     Herminio Pichardo-Berges on brief pro se.

     Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco,

Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant

United States Attorney on brief for appellee.















JANUARY 19, 2000





  

            

            Per Curiam. We have reviewed the parties' briefs and

  the record on appeal.  We affirm the district court's denial of

  petitioner's motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C.  2255

  essentially for the reasons stated in the district court's

  opinion and order, dated February 19, 1999.

            Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27(c).