[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT


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        No. 94-1092 

                                    SAFU BOATENG,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                 [Hon. A. David Mazzone, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Torruella, Selya and Cyr,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Safu Boateng pro se on Memorandum in support of appeal brief.
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            Donald K. Stern, United  States Attorney, and  Michael J.  Pelgro,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.


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                                    July 22, 1994
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                      Per Curiam.  We affirm the dismissal of appellant's
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              2255  petition essentially  for the  reasons stated  by the

            district court.    Because appellant  received the  mandatory

            minimum  sentence, he was not prejudiced by counsel's failure

            to argue for  a lower sentence.  United  States v. Sepulveda,
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            15  F.3d 1161,  1201-02 (1st  Cir.  1993) (because  defendant

            received  the  mandatory  minimum  sentence,  a  role-in-the-

            offense reduction  would have had  no effect on  the sentence

            and  consequently  court  refused to  decide  whether  or not

            appellant was a  minor participant), cert. denied,  1994 U.S.
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            Lexis 4738 (1994).

                      Affirmed.
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