
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 97-1611                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                                   ROBERT MEDEIROS,                                Defendant, Appellant.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND                    [Hon. Ronald R. Lagueux, U.S. District Judge]                                             ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                          Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                 ____________________            Thomas A. Grasso on brief for appellant.            ________________            Sheldon  Whitehouse, United  States Attorney,  Margaret  E. Curran            ___________________                            ___________________        and Charles A. Tamuleviz, Assistant United States Attorneys, on  brief            ____________________        for appellee.                                 ____________________                                  February 10, 1998                                 ____________________                 Per  Curiam.  Upon careful review of the record, briefs,                 ___________            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                                ___ ______________     _______            100, 103 (1st Cir. 1997).                   Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.                 ________   ___                                         -2-
