[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]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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