[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1330



                                    UNITED STATES,



                                      Appellee,



                                          v.



                                JUAN AGUILAR-AGUILAR,



                                Defendant, Appellant.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE



                       [Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                               Selya, Boudin and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Ronald Nacamuli on brief for appellant.
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            Jay  P.  McCloskey,  United  States  Attorney,  and  Margaret   D.
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        McGaughey, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
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                                   December 5, 1996

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                 Per  Curiam.   After  careful  review  of the  appellate
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            briefs and  record, we conclude that  no substantial question



            is  presented as to the  district court's refusal  to grant a



            downward departure.



                 The refusal to  depart is not appealable  here, as there



            is no suggestion that it resulted from any misapprehension of



            the applicable  guidelines or the district  court's authority



            to  depart.  See United  States v. Grandmaison,  77 F.3d 555,
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            560 (1st  Cir. 1996).  Consequently, the appeal is dismissed.
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            Loc. R. 27.1.



































































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