[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1611





                                    UNITED STATES,



                                      Appellee,



                                          v.



                                   ROBERT MEDEIROS,



                                Defendant, Appellant.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND



                    [Hon. Ronald R. Lagueux, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges.
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            Thomas A. Grasso on brief for appellant.
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            Sheldon  Whitehouse, United  States Attorney,  Margaret  E. Curran
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        and Charles A. Tamuleviz, Assistant United States Attorneys, on  brief
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        for appellee.





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                                  February 10, 1998

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                 Per  Curiam.  Upon careful review of the record, briefs,
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            and  the  government's  motion  for summary  disposition,  it



            plainly  appears  that  the  district  court's  discretionary



            decision  to deny  a  downward departure  is  not subject  to



            appellate review.   See United  States v.  Saldana, 109  F.3d
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            100, 103 (1st Cir. 1997).  



                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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