[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1814

         



                                    ALICE BURNHAM,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE



                   [Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Alice Burnham on brief pro se.
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            Paul M.  Gagnon,  United States  Attorney, and  T. David  Plourde,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.





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                                  February 26, 1998

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                 Per Curiam.    Upon careful  review  of the  briefs  and
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            record,  we conclude that the district court properly entered



            summary  judgment substantially for the reasons stated in the



            order  dated April  22, 1997,  and  we perceive  no abuse  of



            discretion  in   the  denial   of   appellant's  motion   for



            reconsideration or relief from judgment.



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