
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                              _________________________          No. 97-1560                                   JOSE R. FUENTES,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                            UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                              _________________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO                   [Hon. Salvador E. Casellas, U.S. District Judge]                                               ___________________                              _________________________                                        Before                                Selya, Circuit Judge,                                       _____________                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,                                     ____________________                              and Lynch, Circuit Judge.                                         _____________                              _________________________               Ferdinand Vargas, on brief for appellant.               ________________               Guillermo  Gil,  United  States   Attorney,  and  Fidel   A.               ______________                                    __________          Sevillano Del-R o, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for          _________________          appellee.                              _________________________                                  December 10, 1997                              _________________________                    Per  Curiam.   The plaintiff  in  this case,  who is  a                    Per  Curiam.                    ___________          former  employee of  the  United  States  Postal  Service,  seeks          reinstatement   and  various  other  kinds  of  relief  from  the          defendant.  We have carefully read the parties' briefs, evaluated          their legal arguments,  and studied the papers  in the case.   We          conclude, on whole-record review, that this is a suitable case in          which  to act upon our long-held belief  that "when a lower court          produces a  comprehensive, well-reasoned  decision, an  appellate          court  should refrain from writing at length to no other end than          to  hear its  own words  resonate."   Lawton v.  State Mut.  Life                                                ______     ________________          Assur. Co. of Am., 101 F.3d  218, 220 (1st Cir. 1996); accord  In          _________________                                      ______  __          re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire  Litig., 989 F.2d 36, 38 (1st          ___________________________________________          Cir. 1993).  Hence, we  affirm the judgment for substantially the          reasons set forth  in the lower court's thoughtful  opinion.  See                                                                        ___          Fuentes v. United  States Postal Serv.,  No. 92-1658 (SEC),  slip          _______    ___________________________          op. (D.P.R. Jan. 23, 1997 (unpublished).   We need go no further.          The judgment below is summarily affirmed.  See 1st Cir. R. 27.1.                                                     ___                    Affirmed.                    Affirmed.                    ________                                          2
