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                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-2085



                          UNITED STATES,



                            Appellee,



                                v.



                      IAN ROSARIO MONTANEZ,



                      Defendant, Appellant.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



        [Hon. Juan M. Perez-Gimenez, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                    Selya, Boudin and Lynch,

                        Circuit Judges.

                                

                                

                                

                                

     

     Michael A. Tucker on brief for appellant.

     







                                

                                

OCTOBER 12, 1999







  

  

  

  

  

            Per Curiam.  This appeal raises the following issue:

  whether the district court erred in allowing appellant to

  include in his plea agreement with the government a waiver of

  his right to appeal his sentence.  With respect to any or all

  other issues on appeal, defense counsel has filed his brief

  pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744 (1967); 1st

  Cir. Loc. R. 46.6(4).  Defendant has not filed a separate

  brief, although he was notified of his right to do so.

            We have conducted a full examination of the

  proceedings, including review of the transcripts of the guilty

  plea hearing and sentencing hearing, the plea agreement and the

  presentence report.  On the basis of that thorough review, we

  agree with defense counsel that there are no arguable appellate

  issues as to defendant's conviction, plea and sentence.  The

  undisputed facts amply support defendant's conviction of the

  crimes charged.  The district court fully complied with the

  requirements under Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 at the change of plea

  hearing.  The government complied with the plea agreement.

  Defendant received the statutory mandatory minimum sentences

  for the offenses to which he pled guilty.

            For purposes of this appeal, we assume without

  deciding that defendant's waiver of his right to appeal his

  sentence is not enforceable.  We find, however, that the case

  presents no meritorious issues for appeal.  Therefore,

  counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, and appellant's

  conviction and sentence are affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27(c)

  (formerly Loc. R. 27.1).