June 10, 1994           [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 93-2090 

                                BENITO GUTIERREZ-DIAZ,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


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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, Boudin and Stahl,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Benito Gutierrez-Diaz on brief pro se.
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            Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Fidel  A. Sevillano Del
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        Rio, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
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                      Per Curiam.   After carefully reviewing the  record
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            and the  briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgment of the

            district  court for  essentially  the reasons  stated in  its

            careful and well-reasoned Opinion and Order, dated August 11,

            1993.  We only add that, upon the facts alleged by appellant,

            the court  did not  err in  failing to hold  a hearing.   See
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            Shraiar v. United States,  736 F.2d 817, 818 (1st  Cir. 1984)
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            (per curiam).

                      Affirmed.
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