                 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                              No. 95-20854
                          Conference Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                       Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

MARION EUGENE FAIR,

                                       Defendant-Appellant.



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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                      USDC No. CR-H-91-141-1
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                           April 19, 1996
Before DUHÉ, DeMOSS, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Marion Eugene Fair appeals the denial of his motion for

relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.    Fair contends solely that

18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), under which he was convicted, violates the

Commerce Clause.

     Fair raised his contention for the first time in his second

§ 2255 motion.    He has not shown cause for his failure to raise

his contention in his first § 2255 motion, see United States v.

Flores, 981 F.2d 231, 235 (5th Cir. 1993); the law on which he


     *
        Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule
47.5.4.
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relies was available to him when he filed the first motion.    See

United States v. Lopez, 2 F.3d 1342 (5th Cir. 1993), aff'd, 115

S. Ct. 1624 (1995).   Fair has not shown that he is actually

innocent of the crime of which he was convicted; he has failed to

show that a miscarriage of justice will result should this court

decline to consider his Commerce Clause contention.   See Flores,

981 F.2d at 236.   Finally, Fair's motion for appointment of

counsel is DENIED.

     AFFIRMED.
