
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 96-2119                                 ALVARO T. CASTANHEIRA,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                       DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, ET AL.,                                Defendants, Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                      [Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Judge]                                            ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                        Selya, Cyr and Boudin, Circuit Judges.                                               ______________                                 ____________________            Alvaro T. Castanheira on brief pro se.            _____________________            Donald K. Stern,  United States  Attorney, and  Sara Miron  Bloom,            _______________                                 _________________        Assistant United  States Attorney,  on Motion for  Summary Disposition        for appellees.                                 ____________________                                  February 12, 1997                                 ____________________                 Per  Curiam.  We have reviewed the briefs of the parties                 ___________            and  the record  on appeal.   We  affirm essentially  for the            reasons stated  in the district court's  memorandum and order            of September 6, 1996.                 Affirmed.                 _________                                         -2-
