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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 97-1801
HUMBERTO TORRES,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, INC., ET AL.,
Defendants, Appellees.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
[Hon. Daniel R. Dominguez, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Stahl and Lynch,
Circuit Judges.
Rosa M. Nogueras de Gonzalez for appellant.
Carl Schuster, with whom Carlos R. Paula and Schuster Usera
Aguilo & Santiago were on brief, for appellees.
December 10, 1997
Per Curiam. We have carefully reviewed the record on
Per Curiam.
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.,
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 No. 95-1042 (DRD) (D.P.R. March 20, 1997) (unpublished).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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