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                 United States Court of Appeals
                     For the First Circuit

Misc. No. 98-9001

        IN RE: EDWARD J. CHOINSKI AND MILDRED B. CHOINSKI,

                             Debtors.
                                     
                                
                       RICHARD J. BIRCH,
                                
                           Appellant,
                                
                               v.
                                
                  EDWARD J. CHOINSKI, ET AL.,
                                
                           Appellees.
                                

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY APPELLATE PANEL
OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT            
                                

                             Before
                                
                      Selya, Circuit Judge,
                Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,
                   and Boudin, Circuit Judge.
                                
                                

     Richard J. Birch on brief pro se.
     Richard S. Hackel on brief for debtors/appellees Edward J.
Choinski and Mildred B. Choinski.

July 6, 1998

                                     Per Curiam.  Upon careful review of the briefs and
    record, we conclude that this appeal has no merit.  We reach
    this conclusion essentially for the reasons stated by the
    Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in its memorandum of decision dated
    November 18, 1997:  appellant waived any appellate claim about
    the form of the bankruptcy court proceedings, and in any event
    we perceive no abuse of the bankruptcy court's discretion in
    that regard; appellant has no standing to pursue the substance
    of the claim that he previously assigned to the corporation's
    bankruptcy trustee; and the bankruptcy court properly dismissed
    appellant's remaining claims under Massachusetts law.
              Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.