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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
                              _________________________
          No. 96-1457
                               EVELYN COTTO, ET AL., 
                               Plaintiffs, Appellees,
                                         v.
                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                Defendant, Appellee,
                              _________________________
                                 Peter John Porrata,
                                     Appellant.
                              _________________________
                    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
                [Hon. Jaime Pieras, Jr., Senior U.S. District Judge]
                              _________________________
                                       Before
                                Selya, Circuit Judge,
                             Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,
                            and Keeton*, District Judge.
                              _________________________
               Manuel Suarez,  with whom Jose R.  Franco was on brief,  for
          appellant.
               Miguel A. Fernandez, Assistant United States Attorney,  with
          whom 
              Guillerm
                      o Gil, United States Attorney, and Fidel A. Sevillano
          Del Rio, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for the
          United States.
                              _________________________
                                    June 10, 1997
                              _________________________
          _________________
          *Of the District of Massachusetts, sitting by designation.

                    Per Curiam.  Because the putative appellant, Peter John
          Porrata, is not   and has never been   a  party to the underlying
          civil action,  he does not have  standing to appeal the  district
          court's denial of the plaintiffs' second Rule 60(b) motion.   See
          Karcher v. May, 484 U.S.  72, 77 (1987); Diamond v. Charles,  476
          U.S. 54, 63-64 (1986); United States v. AVX Corp., 962 F.2d  108,
          113-14 (1st Cir. 1992); Dopp v. HTP Corp., 947 F.2d 506, 512 (1st
          Cir. 1991).  The appeal is therefore dismissed.
                    Appeal dismissed.  
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