                    United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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                                   No. 97-1400
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United States of America,               *
                                        *
              Appellee,                 *
                                        * Appeal from the United States
     v.                                 * District Court for the
                                        * District of Nebraska.
Jorge Alcantara-Torres,                 *
                                        *       [UNPUBLISHED]
              Appellant.                *
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                      Submitted:   May 1, 1997

                           Filed: May 13, 1997
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Before HANSEN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.


     Jorge Alcantara-Torres challenges the 75-month sentence imposed by
the district court1 after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense.     He argues
that the district court erred in not sentencing him at the lower end of the
applicable Guidelines sentencing range.          This court, however, has no
jurisdiction to review this sentence within the Guidelines range.     See 18
U.S.C. § 3742(a); United States v. Woodrum, 959 F.2d 100, 101 (8th Cir.
1992) (per curiam).


     Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.




     1
      The Honorable Lyle E. Strom, United States District Judge for
the District of Nebraska.
A true copy.


     Attest:


           CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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