
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 97-1903                                  ATHENA PALEOLOGOS,                                      Appellant,                                          v.                              DAVID M. NICKLESS, ET AL.,                                      Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                   [Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                           Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                 ____________________            Athena Paleologos on brief pro se.            _________________            David  M.  Nickless  and   Nickless  and  Phillips  on  brief  for            ___________________        _______________________        appellee.                                 ____________________                                                                              January 23, 1998                                 ____________________                 Per Curiam.   We have carefully reviewed the  record and                 __________            briefs on  appeal and affirm  the judgment of  the Bankruptcy            Court.  Although the avoidance  provisions of 11 U.S.C.   549            may  sometimes operate  in  a  manner  which  appears  harsh,            bankruptcy courts must exercise their equitable powers within            the  confines  of   the  Bankruptcy  Code.      Norwest  Bank                                                            _____________            Worthington v. Ahlers,  485 U.S. 197, 206 (1988).   The court            ___________    ______            has no  power to upset the scheme of distribution established            by the Code.   In re SPM Manufacturing  Corporation, 984 F.2d                           ____________________________________            1305, 1311 (1st Cir. 1993).                 With  respect to  Appellant's  remaining arguments,  she            made  no proper showing that Trustee's action was time-barred            or otherwise inconsistent with the requirements of the Code.1                                                                        1                 Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.                 ________                                            ____________________               1  Appellant's request for  oral argument by  telephone is               1            hereby denied.                                         -2-
