USCA1 Opinion

                         [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                         FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 97-2143

 



                           MARIA ROSENTHAL,



                         Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                  v.



                            LARRY E. BANKS,

                    ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS JUDGE OF

               DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,



                         Defendant, Appellee.



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             APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                   FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



              [Hon. Joseph L. Tauro, U.S. District Judge]



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                                Before



                         Boudin, Circuit Judge,

                     Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,

                       and Lynch, Circuit Judge.



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    Maria Rosenthal on brief pro se.

         Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, and Michael J. Pineault,

Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.





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                            APRIL 28, 1998

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      Per Curiam.  We have reviewed the record in this case,

    including the briefs of the parties.  We affirm the decision of

    the district court essentially for the reasons given in its

    memorandum, dated August 27, 1997.

        Affirmed.