                    United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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                                  No. 96-1181
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Joseph H. Brown, Sr.,                  *
                                       *
              Appellant,               *
                                       * Appeal from the United States
     v.                                * District Court for the
                                       * Western District of Missouri.
United States of America,              *
                                       *      [UNPUBLISHED]
              Appellee.                *
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                     Submitted:    April 30, 1997

                           Filed: May 3, 1997
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Before BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.


     Joseph H. Brown, Sr., appeals the district court’s1 denial of his 28
U.S.C. § 2255 motion.        Upon a de novo review of the record, we are
persuaded that the motion, files, and records of the case conclusively show
Brown is not entitled to relief.     See United States v. Duke, 50 F.3d 571,
576 (8th Cir.) (standard of review), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 224 (1995).
Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court’s
opinion.   See 8th Cir. R. 47B.




     1
      The Honorable Dean Whipple, United States District Judge for
the Western District of Missouri.
A true copy.


     Attest:


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




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