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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 92-7737
Conference Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
CALVIN B. BARBER,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Mississippi
USDC No. CR-G90-43-S
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June 24, 1993
Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, WIENER, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Calvin Barber contends that the district court erred in
determining that he committed a grade A violation of supervised
release as defined by U.S.S.G. § 7B1.1, p.s. He maintains that
he committed only a grade B violation.
Determinations by a district court relative to sentencing
matters are findings of fact subject to the "clearly erroneous"
standard of review. United States v. Alfaro, 919 F.2d 962, 964
(5th Cir. 1990).

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No. 92-7737
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At the revocation hearing, the probation officer assigned to
the case testified that on August 1, 1991, Barber was arrested in
possession of approximately 500 grams of cocaine while traveling
on a bus. Law enforcement officials had reason to believe that
drugs were on the bus. Barber was found in possession of a claim
ticket to the piece of luggage that contained the cocaine.
Barber presented no evidence to rebut that testimony.
U.S.S.G. § 7B1.1(a) (1), p.s., defines a grade A violation
of supervised release as, inter alia, "conduct constituting. . .
a controlled substance offense. . . ." A grade B violation is
defined as "conduct constituting any other federal, state, or
local offense punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one
year." U.S.S.G. § 7B1.1, p.s., comment. (n.1) states that "[t]he
grade of violation does not depend on the conduct that is the
subject of criminal charges or of which the defendant is
convicted in a criminal proceeding. Rather, the grade of
violation is to be based on the defendant's actual conduct."
Based on the probation officer's uncontroverted testimony,
Barber's actual conduct included possessing a baggage claim
ticket to a piece of luggage which contained over 500 grams of
cocaine. Possession of cocaine is a drug-related offense, and
thus the district court did not commit clear error in finding
that Barber committed a grade A violation.
AFFIRMED.

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