Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-2119 

                                ALVARO T. CASTANHEIRA,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                       DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.

                                 ____________________

                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                      [Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Judge]
                                            ___________________

                                 ____________________

                                        Before

                        Selya, Cyr and Boudin, Circuit Judges.
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            Alvaro T. Castanheira on brief pro se.
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            Donald K. Stern,  United States  Attorney, and  Sara Miron  Bloom,
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        Assistant United  States Attorney,  on Motion for  Summary Disposition
        for appellees.

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                                  February 12, 1997
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                 Per  Curiam.  We have reviewed the briefs of the parties
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            and  the record  on appeal.   We  affirm essentially  for the

            reasons stated  in the district court's  memorandum and order

            of September 6, 1996.

                 Affirmed.
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