April 5, 1996         [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 95-1783



                                    MARIA SEGARRA,



                                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. Salvador E. Casellas, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Salvador Medina De La Cruz on brief for appellant.
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            Guillermo  Gil,  United  States Attorney,  Maria  Hortensia  Rios,
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        Assistant United  States Attorney,  and Gerald Luke,  Attorney, Social
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        Security Administration, on brief for appellee.





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                 PER CURIAM.   We have carefully  reviewed the record  on
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            appeal as a  whole and  agree that it  contains   substantial



            evidence supporting the Secretary's finding that claimant was



            not  disabled  prior  to July  19,  1991.    The judgment  is



            affirmed essentially  for the reasons stated  in the district



            court's opinion and order dated April 24, 1995.



                 Affirmed.
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