
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 97-1814                                             ALICE BURNHAM,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, ET AL.,                                Defendants, Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE                   [Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                           Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                 ____________________            Alice Burnham on brief pro se.            _____________            Paul M.  Gagnon,  United States  Attorney, and  T. David  Plourde,            _______________                                 _________________        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.                                 ____________________                                  February 26, 1998                                 ____________________                 Per Curiam.    Upon careful  review  of the  briefs  and                 __________            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.                 ________   ___                                         -2-
