United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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                                  No. 96-1181
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Joseph H. Brown, Sr.,                  *
                                       *
              Appellant,               *
                                       * Appeal from the United States
     v.                                * District Court for the
                                       * Western District of Missouri.
United States of America,              *
                                       *      [UNPUBLISHED]
              Appellee.                *
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                     Submitted:    April 30, 1997

                           Filed: May 3, 1997
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Before BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.


     Joseph H. Brown, Sr., appeals the district court’s1 denial of his 28
U.S.C. § 2255 motion.        Upon a de novo review of the record, we are
persuaded that the motion, files, and records of the case conclusively show
Brown is not entitled to relief.     See United States v. Duke, 

,
576 (8th Cir.) (standard of review), cert. denied, 

(1995).
Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court’s
opinion.   See 8th Cir. R. 47B.




     1
      The Honorable Dean Whipple, United States District Judge for
the Western District of Missouri.
A true copy.


     Attest:


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




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