[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            United States Court of Appeals

                                For the First Circuit

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        No. 96-1442



                                 ZOLTON A. PHILLIPS,



                                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. William G. Young, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Zolton A. Phillips on brief pro se.
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            Donald  K.  Stern,  United  States  Attorney,  Mark  D.   Seltzer,
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        Director,  New England Bank Fraud  Task Force, Anita  S. Lichtblau and
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        Paul M. Glickman, Trial  Attorneys, Criminal Division, U.S. Department
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        of Justice, on brief for appellee.





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                                   October 17, 1996

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                      Per Curiam.   We agree  with the  reasoning of  the
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            district court and affirm the dismissal of appellant's   2255



            petition  basically for  the reasons  stated by  the district



            court  in  its  March   18,  1996  opinion.    We   deny  the



            government's motion to strike  portions of appellant's  reply



            brief because  considering the  allegedly new  material would



            not change our decision.



                      Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.
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