
USCA1 Opinion

	




          February 1, 1995      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ___________________          No. 94-1956                                               DENNIS P. GRACE,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                       SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                  __________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                     [Hon. Joseph L. Tauro, U.S. District Judge]                                            ___________________                                 ___________________                                        Before                               Torruella, Chief Judge,                                          ___________                          Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                 ___________________               Dennis P. Grace on brief pro se.               _______________               Donald  K.  Stern,  United  States   Attorney,  Charlene  A.               _________________                               ____________          Stawicki,  Assistant   United  States  Attorney,  and  Eileen  M.          ________                                               __________          Cedrone, Assistant  Regional  Counsel, Region  1,  Department  of          _______          Health and Human Services, on brief for appellee.                                  __________________                                  __________________                 Per Curiam.   We have reviewed  the parties' briefs  and                 __________            the record  on appeal.  We  affirm the order  of the district            court, entered  August 11, 1994, essentially  for the reasons            stated in  the district court's memorandum,  dated August 10,            1994.                 Affirmed.                 _________                                         -2-
