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                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-1660



         INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION UNIVERSAL CORP., ET AL.,



                      Plaintiffs, Appellees,



                                v.



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



                      Defendants, Appellees,

                       ____________________



                        ANGEL RUIZ RIVERA,



                      Plaintiff, Appellant.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



          [Hon. Jose Antonio Fuste, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                     Boudin, Circuit Judge,

                Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,

                   and Stahl, Circuit Judge.

                                

                                

                                

     Angel Ruiz Rivera on brief pro se.

     Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Guillermo Gil,

United States Attorney, and Barbara C. Biddle, Attorney, Appellate

Staff, on brief for appellees.









APRIL 21, 1999







            Per Curiam.    Upon careful review of the record and

  the briefs, it clearly appears that this appeal presents no

  substantial issue.  Given that the district court fees already

  had been paid and that appellant's motion for in forma pauperis

  status did not refer to any appeal, nor was there any

  appealable order at that time, the motion was frivolous.  This

  appeal is likewise frivolous.  

            The order is affirmed, and the appeal is dismissed. 

  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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