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No. 96-2082 ___________

United States of America, * * Appellee, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * Southern District of Iowa. * [UNPUBLISHED] Robert Michael Saf, * * Appellant. * ___________

Submitted: December 31, 1996

Filed: January 6, 1997 ___________

Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Robert Michael Saf appeals from the district court's1 order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. We have carefully reviewed the record and the parties' briefs and we conclude that an opinion would lack precedential value. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

1 The Honorable R. E. Longstaff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.