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USCA1 Opinion

	

          September 16, 1996    [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1463

                                   JOHN N. VAN RYE,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                  HAROLD B. MURPHY,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                   [Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            George R. Desmond on brief for appellant.
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            Andrew  G. Lizotte,  Harold E. Murphy  and Hanify &  King, P.C. on
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        brief for appellee.

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                 Per  Curiam.   Upon  careful  review of  the  briefs and
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            record,  we   find  no   error  in  the   bankruptcy  court's

            determination, In re Van Rye, 179 B.R. 375, 378-79 (Bankr. D.
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            Mass. 1995), that the  trustee had standing to object  to the

            debtor's homestead exemption claim.   See First National Bank
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            v. Norris, 701 F.2d 902, 904 (11th Cir. 1983); see also In re
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            Duda,  182 B.R. 662,  665 n.1 (Bankr.  D. Conn. 1995);  In re
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            Michael, 185 B.R. 830, 836-37 (Bankr. D. Mont. 1995).
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                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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