[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 97-1823



                             ALFA SEAFOOD COMPANY, INC.,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                           CARIBBEAN SEAFOOD, INC., ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



                 [Hon. Raymond L. Acosta, Senior 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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            Philip E. Roberts on brief for appellant.
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            Miguel E. Miranda on brief for appellee Leonel Diaz.
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            William  M.  Vidal  Carvajal  on  brief  for  appellees  Caribbean
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        Seafood, Inc., Ernesto Cabeza and Jorge Cabrera.





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                                  November 12, 1997

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                 Per  Curiam.  Upon careful consideration of the parties'
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            briefs and  the record provided  for our review,  we conclude



            that  the district court  properly denied  appellant's motion



            under  Puerto Rico R. Civ. P. 51.7.  We reach this conclusion



            substantially for the reasons stated by the district court.



                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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