February 4, 1993
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT


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        No. 92-1414 

                              CARMEN RODRIGUEZ-OQUENDO,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                       SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO


                    [Hon. Jaime Pieras, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Raymond Rivera Esteves and Juan A.  Hernandez Rivera on brief  for
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        appellant.
            Daniel  F.  Lopez  Romo,  United  States  Attorney,  Jose  Vazquez
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        Garcia, Assistant United States Attorney, and Amy  S. Knopf, Assistant
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        Regional Counsel, Department  of Health and  Human Services, on  brief
        for appellee.


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                      Per Curiam     We   have  carefully   reviewed  the
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            record  and  find  that  substantial  evidence  supports  the

            finding that the  claimant retained the  physical and  mental

            capacity  to perform  the simple,  routine, light,  unskilled

            jobs  as   determined  by  the  Secretary.    We  reject  the

            claimant's  attacks  on  the  Secretary's assessment  of  the

            vocational   expert's  testimony,   and  conclude   that  the

            Secretary's   decision  to   deny   disability  benefits   is

            reasonably and adequately supported by the record as a whole.

            We affirm the  judgment of the  district court  substantially

            for the  reasons stated in the  magistrate-judge's report and

            recommendation as adopted by the district court.

                      Affirmed.
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