May 13, 1996

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT







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        No. 95-2195



                                    UNITED STATES,



                                      Appellee,



                                          v.



                                     ALINA PEREZ,



                                Defendant, Appellant.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                     [Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Lenore Glaser on brief for appellant.
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            Donald K. Stern, United  States Attorney, and  Michael J.  Pelgro,
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        Assistant U.S. Attorney, on brief for appellee.





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                 Per Curiam.   In view  of our recent  opinion clarifying
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            that  a  sentencing  court  "may  invoke    4A1.3  to  depart



            downward from  the career  offender category if  it concludes



            that  the  category  inaccurately  reflects  the  defendant's



            actual criminal  history,"  United States v.  Lindia, No. 95-
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            2200, slip op. at 21 (1st Cir. April 18, 1996), together with



            our   uncertainty  whether   the   district   court  made   a



            discretionary decision not to  depart or, instead, viewed its



            authority as  more restricted  than Lindia allows,  we vacate
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            the sentence and remand for further consideration. 



                 Vacated and remanded.  Loc. R. 27.1.
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