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                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-1141



                         WILFRED MARCOUX,



                      Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                v.



              JOHN T. CALLAHAN, ACTING COMMISSIONER,

                SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

                                

                      Defendant, Appellee.

                                





          APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                                

               FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

                                

        [Hon. Steven J. McAuliffe, U.S. District Judge]

                                





                             Before

                                

                     Torruella, Chief Judge,

                 Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,

                   and Stahl, Circuit Judge.

                                

                                





     Stanley H. Robinson on brief for appellant.

     Honorable Paul M. Gagnon, United States Attorney, David C.

Broderick, Assistant United States Attorney, and Donna McCarthy,

Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, on

brief for appellee.











September 3, 1998







                                

                                

     Per Curiam.  The district court affirmed a decision of the

Commissioner of Social Security denying appellant's application for

disability benefits for a period beginning October 30, 1991 through

July 24, 1995.  Having carefully reviewed the judgment in light of

the issues raised in the parties' briefs and the administrative

record presented on appeal, we affirm substantially for the reasons

stated in the district court's detailed and thorough memorandum

opinion.  

     Affirmed.  See Loc. R. 27.1. 

































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