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        December 5, 1995        [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

                         

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        No. 95-1645 

                                  LUTHER C. PERKINS,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                               JESSE BROWN, SECRETARY,
                         U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

                   [Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Stahl and Lynch,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Luther C. Perkins on brief pro se.
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            Paul  M. Gagnon,  United States  Attorney,  and T.  David Plourde,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

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                      Per  Curiam.    We  have   carefully  reviewed  the
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            parties'  briefs and  the record  on appeal.   We  affirm the

            judgment of  the district  court essentially for  the reasons

            stated  in the order dated May 25,  1995.  We add that, under

            our   system  of   representative  litigation,   clients  are

            ordinarily  held responsible  for the  acts and  omissions of

            their attorneys.   See Thibeault  v. Square D  Co., 960  F.2d
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            239, 246 (1st Cir. 1992)  ("[W]hile `[t]he argument that  the

            sins of the attorney should not be visited upon the client is

            a seductive one,  . . .  its siren call  is overborne by  the

            nature of  the adversary system.'" (quoting  Damiani v. Rhode
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            Island Hosp., 704  F.2d 12,  16 (1st Cir.  1983))); see  also
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            Link v. Wabash R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 633-34 (1962).  Although
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            we are  not unsympathetic  with appellant's plight,  we agree

            that he is left to his remedies against counsel.  

                      Affirmed.
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