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No. 97-2159



                       RAYMOND CATALA-FONFRIAS,



                         Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                  v.



                    U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, ET AL.,



                        Defendants, Appellees.



                                   

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             APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                    FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



           [Hon. Salvador E. Casellas, U.S. District Judge]



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                                Before



                        Torruella, Chief Judge,

                   Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges.



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    Raymond Catala-Fonfria on brief pro se.

    Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Jose Javier Santos

Mimoso, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellees.



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                              May 6, 1998

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           Per Curiam.  Upon review of the parties' briefs, and

    the record, the judgment dismissing this frivolous action for

    lack of jurisdiction is summarily affirmed. Loc. R. 27.1.  The

    judgment is modified to reflect that it is not on the merits. 

    See Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(b).

             Affirmed as modified.