[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 96-2127



                               JOSEPH M. CRAVEIRO, JR.,



                                Petitioner, Appellant,



                                          v.



                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                                Respondent, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND



                  [Hon. Robert W. Lovegreen, U.S. Magistrate Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Joseph M. Craveiro on brief pro se.
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            Sheldon  Whitehouse,  United  States  Attorney,  and  Margaret  E.
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        Curran, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.
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                                   February 3, 1998

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                      Per Curiam.   After carefully reviewing  the record
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            and the parties' briefs, we  summarily affirm the judgment of



            the district court on the basis of United States v. Estrella,
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            104 F.3d  3 (1st Cir.),  cert.denied, 117 S. Ct.  2494 (1997).
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            As  for the  claim  of  ineffective  assistance  of  counsel,



            petitioner  has waived  it by  not  presenting it  in his  28



            U.S.C.   2255 motion.  See Dziurgot v. Luther, 897 F.2d 1222,
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            1224 (1st Cir. 1990) (per curiam).



                      Affirmed.  See Local Rule 27.1.
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