September 12, 1996      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1492





                                    UNITED STATES,



                                       Appellee



                                          v.



                                  JORGE BAEZ-ORTEGA,

                                 A/K/A JOSE REYNOSO,

                               A/K/A JUAN CARLOS RAMOS,



                                Defendant, Appellant.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



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



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Benicio Sanchez Rivera,  Federal Public Defender for the  District
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        of  Puerto  Rico,  and  Gustavo  A.  Gelpi, Assistant  Federal  Public
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        Defendant, on brief for appellant.

            Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Joseph J.  Frattallone,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.



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                      Per Curiam.   The defendant-appellant, Jorge  Baez-
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            Ortega,  appeals  his  conviction  for  illegal  entry  of  a



            deported alien under 8  U.S.C.   1326(b)(2).  He  claims that



            he did not validly  waive his right to appeal  the underlying



            deportation order.   After  carefully reviewing the  parties'



            briefs  and  the entire  record,  and  for substantially  the



            reasons  set forth in the  district court opinion, see United
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            States  v. Baez-Ortega,  906  F. Supp. 740  (D.P.R. 1995),  we
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            affirm.



                      Affirmed.  See Loc. R. 27.1.
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