USCA1 Opinion

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1068 



                                  CHINYERE OKEREKE,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                       BOARD OF DIRECTORS - VINFEN CORPORATION,



                                 Defendant, Appellee.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                   [Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Chinyere Okereke on brief pro se.
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            Richard  L. Alfred, Robert F.  Schwartz and Hill & Barlow on brief
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        for appellee.





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                                  September 3, 1997

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                 Per  Curiam.  We  have reviewed the  parties' briefs and
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            the record on appeal.   We affirm essentially for the reasons



            stated  in the district  court's memorandum and  order, dated



            November 8, 1996.



                 Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.
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