
USCA1 Opinion

	




          March 29, 1996                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 95-1874                                ALFREDO PAGAN-ASTACIO,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                        UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO                    [Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                            Selya and Cyr, Circuit Judges.                                           ______________                                 ____________________            Alfredo Pagan Astacio on brief pro se.            _____________________            Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Maria Hortensia Rios            _____________                              ____________________        Gandara, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.        _______                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                 Per Curiam.  Pro se plaintiff Alfredo Pagan-Astacio                 __________   ___ __            appeals a district court order that granted the United States            Department  of  Education  summary  judgment   and  dismissed            plaintiff's  complaint.    Plaintiff  contends  that  the DOE            violated  the  Freedom of  Information  Act, 5  U.S.C.    552            (a)(1)(D), by failing to publish  in the Federal Register the            National Defense,  National Direct and Perkins  Loan Programs            _____________________________________________________________            Revised   Directory   of  Low-Income   Schools   for  Teacher            _____________________________________________________________            Cancellation  Benefits.    We  have thoroughly  reviewed  the            ______________________            record and  the parties' briefs  on appeal and  conclude that            such publication is  not required for  the reasons stated  in            the district  court's opinion.  Accordingly,  the judgment of            the district court is affirmed.                                  ________                                         -3-
