[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 96-1011



                                  LORRAINE L. SMITH,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                            COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,

                       MASSACHUSETTS REHABILITATION COMMISSION,



                                 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



                                Selya, Cyr, and Boudin,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Lorraine L. Smith on brief pro se.
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            Scott  Harshbarger,   Attorney  General,  and  Dorothy   Anderson,
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        Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellee.





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                                   August 23, 1996

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                      Per Curiam.   Plaintiff Lorraine  L. Smith  appeals
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            pro se  from a summary judgment in favor of her employer, the
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            Massachusetts  Rehabilitation  Commission.     Smith  alleged



            discrimination  on the basis of  gender in the  denial of her



            application  for a  promotion to  one or  both of  two newly-



            created supervisory positions.  



                      Reviewing the dismissal de  novo, and after careful
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            consideration of  the parties' arguments on  appeal, we agree



            with  the district court's  analysis and affirm substantially



            for the reasons set forth in its thorough memorandum opinion.



                      The  judgment  is  affirmed.   See  Loc.  R.  27.1.
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            Appellant's motion for reconsideration  of the order  denying



            her motion to "admit new evidence on appeal" is denied.
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