[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT









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        No. 97-1705



                                   DEBRA C. VINGI,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                                STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,



                                 Defendant, Appellee.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND



                 [Hon. Francis J. Boyle, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                 Selya, Circuit Judge,
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                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Lynch, Circuit Judge.
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            Debra C. Vingi on brief pro se.
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            Jeffrey  B. Pine,  Attorney General, and Brenda  A. Doyle, Special
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        Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellee.





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                                  December 29, 1997

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                      Per  Curiam.   Plaintiff-appellant  challenges  the
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            summary  judgment   dismissal  of   claims  alleging   gender



            discrimination  in  the  rejection  of  her applications  for



            admission to the  State Police Training Academy.   The claims



            were based  on theories of disparate  impact in the use  of a



            written  exam,  background   investigations  and  application



            processing,   intentional    discrimination,   and    alleged



            retaliation for the filing of administrative complaints.



                      Reviewing the  judgment de  novo, in  light of  the
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            briefs, the  appendix,  and the  record,  we agree  with  the



            district court's  decision and affirm  substantially for  the



            reasons set  forth in  the  magistrate judge's  May 24,  1996



            Report and Recommendation.  See Loc. R. 27.1.
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                      Affirmed.     
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