
USCA1 Opinion

	




          December 29, 1992     [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________          No. 92-1683                           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL,                                  ROLAND A. LEBLANC,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                                  RAYTHEON COMPANY,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                 ___________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                     [Hon. A. David Mazzone, U.S. District Judge]                                             ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                              Torruella, Circuit Judge,                                         _____________                            Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,                                    ____________________                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.                                         _____________                                 ____________________                Philip R. Olenick for appellant.                _________________                Richard  A.  Sauber, with  whom  Kenneth  S. Kramer,  P.C.,                ___________________              _________________________          Douglas W.  Baruch, Maureen  C. Shay,  and Fried,  Frank, Harris,          __________________  ________________       ______________________          Shriver & Jacobson, were on brief for appellee.          __________________                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                    Per Curiam.   Appellant LeBlanc's brought  suit against                    __________          appellee Raytheon Company brought under  the False Claims Act, 31          U.S.C.    3729.    In his  complaint,  he alleged  that  Raytheon          defrauded the United  States.  The  district court dismissed  the          complaint  on  res  judicata  grounds.   We  affirm  the district          court's  judgment and award double costs to appellee.  See United                                                                 ___ ______          States ex rel.  LeBlanc v. Raytheon  Co., No. 92-10999 (D.  Mass.          _______________________    _____________          May 15, 1992).                    Affirmed.  Double costs to appellee.                    ________   ________________________
