[NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 97-9009

IN RE: BRIDGET M. HAYES,

Debtor.

BRIDGET M. HAYES,

Appellant,

v.

JOSEPH BRAUNSTEIN, ETC., ET AL.,

Appellees.

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

Before

Boudin, Circuit Judge, Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lynch, Circuit Judge.

Bridget M. Hayes on brief pro se. Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Christopher Alberto, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee United States of America.

June 26, 1998

Per Curiam. We have carefully reviewed the briefs and the record on appeal and affirm the judgment below. The appellant failed to present substantial evidence rebutting the duly-filed claim. The Bankruptcy Court's equitable powers do not extend to abridging the substantive rights of creditors. In re Ludlow Hospital Society, Inc.

(1st Cir. 1997). Affirmed. Loc. R. 27.1.