[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





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        No. 95-1290





                                  DAVID C. HALLAHAN,



                                     Petitioner,



                                          v.



                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                                     Respondent.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                       [Hon. Mark L. Wolf, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            David C. Hallahan on brief pro se.
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            Donald  K. Stern, United  States Attorney,  and Timothy Q. Feeley,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for respondent.





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                                    August 8, 1995

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                 Per Curiam.  We have  carefully reviewed the record.  We
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            affirm for substantially the reasons  stated in part B of the



            district court's opinion.  Petitioner's allegations  were too



            conclusory to require an evidentiary hearing.



                 Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.  
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