Court Opinion

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          October 14, 1994      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 93-2266                                   THOMAS F. DOWD,                                 Plaintiff Appellant,                                          v.                       ST. COLUMBAN'S RETIREMENT HOUSE, ET AL.,                                Defendants, Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND                 [Hon. Francis J. Boyle, Senior U.S. District Judge]                                         __________________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                            Selya and Cyr, Circuit Judges.                                           ______________                                 ____________________            Thomas F. Dowd on brief pro se.            ______________            Edward  P. Sowa, Jr.,  Kevin S.  Cotter, Gunning,  LaFazia & Gnys,            ____________________   ________________  _________________________        Inc., on brief for appellees.        ____                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                 Per Curiam.  For the reasons set forth at  length in the                 __________            magistrate-judge's  report dated September  9, 1993, we agree            that plaintiff's claim for damages for "injuries sustained in            his mission work"  is barred  on res judicata  grounds.   See                                                                      ___            Dowd  v. Society  of St.  Columbans, 861  F.2d 761  (1st Cir.            ____     __________________________            1988) (per  curiam) (affirming dismissal of  similar claim on            same basis).   We likewise agree that plaintiff's claim under            the Americans  with Disabilities  Act is properly  subject to            dismissal   without   prejudice   for  failure   to   exhaust            administrative remedies.  The judgment is therefore affirmed.                                                                ________