March 22, 1996          [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 95-2085



                                   GERALD CONNELL,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                                 Defendant, Appellee.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND



                    [Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Arthur W. Tifford on brief for appellant.
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            Sheldon Whitehouse,  United States Attorney,  and Craig N.  Moore,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.





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                      Per  Curiam.    Defendant-appellant Gerald  Connell
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            appeals  the summary dismissal  of his motion  pursuant to 28



            U.S.C.    2255 on  the sole  ground that  his guilty  plea is



            invalid.  We affirm for the reasons contained in section II C
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            (1)(c) of  the Magistrate  Judge's Report and  Recommendation



            dated May 31, 1995. See Loc. R. 27.1.
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