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                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-1188



                      DANIEL G. GORTON, SR.,



                      Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                v.



              JOHN J. CALLAHAN, ACTING COMMISSIONER,

                 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,



                       Defendant, Appellee.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE



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







                              Before



                     Torruella, Chief Judge,

                 Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,

                   and Stahl, Circuit Judge.

                                

                                





     Stanley H. Robinson on brief for appellant.

     Paul M. Gagnon, United States Attorney, David L. Broderick,

Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Donna C. McCarthy, Assistant Regional

Counsel, on brief for appellee.











September 30, 1998







                                

                                                    Per Curiam.  Appellant Daniel G. Gorton appeals from

    the district court's decision affirming the denial of

    disability benefits by the Commissioner of Social Security. 

    Having carefully reviewed the court's Order, dated January 20,

    1998, the issues raised in the parties' briefs, and the

    administrative record, we affirm essentially for the reasons

    stated in the Order.

              Affirmed.  See Local Rule 27.1.