[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1383



                                  STEPHEN C. TWOMEY,



                                Petitioner, Appellant,



                                          v.



                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                                Respondent, Appellee.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                   [Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Boudin and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Paul  Twomey  and  Twomey  &  Sisti   Law  Offices  on  brief  for
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        appellant.

            Donald K. Stern, United  States Attorney, and  Timothy Q.  Feeley,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.





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                                   October 28, 1996

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                      Per  Curiam.   Stephen T.  Twomey appeals  from the
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            district  court's dismissal  of his  petition pursuant  to 28



            U.S.C.    2255.    We summarily  affirm  for essentially  the
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            reasons stated by the  district court.  See United  States v.
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            Blais, No. 95-1093, slip op. (1st Cir. August 28, 1996).
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                      Appellant's   2255 petition is denied.  See Loc. R.
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