April 5, 1996         [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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          No. 95-2228





                            MARIA SOCORRO DE SAN GABRIEL,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



                  [Hon. Salvador E. Cassellas, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Selya, Circuit Judge,
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                            Aldrich, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.
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               Luis F. Abreu Elias for appellant.
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               Guillermo   Gil,  United  States   Attorney,  and  Fidel  A.
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          Sevillano  del   Rio,  Assistant  United  States   Attorney,  for
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          appellees.



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                    Per Curiam.  Upon careful examination of the record and
                    Per Curiam.
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          the  briefs in  this  matter, we  conclude  that the  plaintiff's



          appeal  is  meritless,  and  we therefore  summarily  affirm  the



          judgment of the district court.  See 1st Cir. R. 27.1.
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                    Affirmed.  Costs to appellees.
                    Affirmed.  Costs to appellees.
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