Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 97-1149 

                                   RUBEN RAMOS-PENA
                            AND MIGDALIA SANTIAGO ALVELO,

                               Plaintiffs, Appellants,

                                          v.

                          CROWLEY AMERICAN TRANSPORT, INC.,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

                    [Hon. Jose Antonio Fuste, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Jose R. Franco on brief for appellants.
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            Raquel M.  Dulzaides and Jimenez, Graffam  & Lausell on brief  for
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        appellee.

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                                   August 19, 1997
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                 Per  Curiam.  Upon  careful consideration of  the briefs
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            and  record, we  conclude that  the  district court  properly

            granted   summary   judgment  on   appellant's   federal  age

            discrimination claims.  

                 The district  court  applied  the  correct  standard  in

            reviewing the summary judgment motion and in determining that

            appellant  failed  to  make  a  prima  facie  showing  of  an

            essential  element of  his age  discrimination  claims.   The

            uncontested facts submitted by appellee showed that appellant

            was  not fully qualified  for either of  the positions, while

            the two individuals hired were so qualified.  Even were we to

            credit appellant's additional assertions  about his education

            and  experience, he  still  has  not shown  that  he met  the

            objective qualifications for the positions.

                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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