[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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       No. 96-2194


                                   LUIS A. TORRES,


                                Plaintiff, Appellant,


                                         v.


                      NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL CORP., ET AL.,


                               Defendants, Appellees.


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                    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO


                  [Hon. Juan M. Perez-Gimenez, U.S. District Judge]


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                                       Before


                      Boudin, Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.

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            Luis R. Torres on brief pro se.

            Juan 
                 Carlos 
                        Morales 
                                Ducret and  Reichard 
                                                     & 
                                                       Escalera on brief for

       appellee Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc.

            Don M. Kennedy
                         , 
                           Brooks R. Brown
                                          , 
                                            Goodwin, Procter & Hoar
                                                                  , 
                                                                    Manuel A.

       Guzman, Rosa 
                     Maria 
                           Cruz, and  McConnell 
                                                Valdes on brief for appellee

       Fisher Scientific Company.

            Enrique Peral and Munoz 
                                    Boneta 
                                           Gonzalez Arbona 
                                                           Benitez & 
                                                                     Peral on

       brief for appellee Baxter Healthcare Corp.

            Ricardo 
                    R. Rodriguez-Padilla, Orlando 
                                                  Duran-Medero and Ricardo 
                                                                           L.

       Rodriguez-Padilla 
                         Law 
                             Offices on brief for appellee JT Baker Chemical

       Company.


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                                 SEPTEMBER 25, 1997

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                      Per Curiam
                               . We have carefully reviewed the district


            court record and the parties' briefs and affirm the judgment of


            the district court for essentially the reasons set out in its


            Opinions and Orders, dated March 23, 1995 and July 9, 1996.


                      In relation to the court's grant of summary judgment


            for JT Baker Chemical Co., appellant only argues that he never


            received notice of Baker's motion; he does not claim that he


            failed to receive a copy of the district court's opinion


            granting summary judgment. By not presenting the question of


            notice to the district court in the first instance, appellant


            has forfeited appellate review of the issue.  See Johnston v.


            Holiday 
                    Inns, 
                          Inc., 595 F.2d 890, 894 (1st Cir. 1979). We


            therefore do not address the merits of the Opinion and Order,


            dated August 22, 1995.


                      Affirmed.  See Local Rule 27.1.
























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