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                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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          No. 97-1801





                                   HUMBERTO TORRES,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                         ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, INC., ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



                   [Hon. Daniel R. Dominguez, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                               Selya, Stahl and Lynch,

                                    Circuit Judges.
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               Rosa M. Nogueras de Gonzalez for appellant.
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               Carl Schuster,  with whom Carlos R. Paula and Schuster Usera
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          Aguilo & Santiago were on brief, for appellees.
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                                  December 10, 1997

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                    Per Curiam.   We have carefully reviewed  the record on
                    Per Curiam.
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          appeal and fully considered the points advanced by  the plaintiff



          (both  in his briefs and at oral argument).   In the end, we find



          these  appeals to  be so  utterly lacking  in merit  that further



          comment  would  be gratuitous.    It  suffices  to say  that  the



          district  court was amply  justified in granting  the defendants'



          motion for  summary judgment  for the reasons  expressed in  that



          court's thoughtful  rescript.  See  Torres v. Eli Lilly  and Co.,
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          Civ. No. 95-1042 (DRD) (D.P.R. March 20, 1997) (unpublished).  We



          add  only that  the  plaintiff's counsel  is  fortunate that  the



          district court did not choose to invoke the provisions of Fed. R.



          Civ. P. 11 and/or 28 U.S.C.   1927.



                    We need go no further.  The judgment is summarily







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