Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-1094

                                 MICHAEL A. CROOKER,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

               TAX DIVISION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                      [Hon. Michael Ponsor, U.S. District Judge]

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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Boudin and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Michael Alan Crooker on brief pro se.
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            Donald K.  Stern, United  States Attorney,  and Karen L.  Goodwin,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellees.

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                                   August 20, 1996
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                 Per  Curiam.  We  have reviewed the  parties' briefs and
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            the  record  on  appeal.   As  in  the case  of  an  award of

            attorney's  fees  under  the Freedom  of  Information  Act, 5

            U.S.C.    552(a)(4)(E), see  Crooker v. United  States Parole
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            Comm'n, 776  F.2d 366, 367  (1st Cir. 1985), the  decision to
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            award  litigation costs, even to  a complainant found to have

            substantially prevailed,  is within  the sound  discretion of

            the district court.  The magistrate judge amply supported his

            recommendation that costs  not be awarded -  a recommendation

            adopted  by  the district  court.    There  was no  abuse  of

            discretion in declining to award costs in this case.

                 Appellant's motion for summary reversal is denied.
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                 The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
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