               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 96-10919

                           Summary Calendar


LEROY RICHARD RABER,
                                            Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

RODNEY L. COOPER, ET AL,
                                            Defendants.

                                 and

FOREST HUBBARD,
                                            Defendant-Appellee.




          Appeal from the United States District Court
               For the Northern District of Texas
                          (1:95-CV-153)


                             May 1, 1997

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Richard Raber appeals the dismissal of his § 1983 action

against Forest Hubbard in his official capacity based on Hubbard’s

Eleventh Amendment Immunity, and requests leave to proceed in forma


     *
      Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
pauperis.   We dismiss Cooper’s appeal for lack of any arguable

merit.   See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) (“[T]he court shall dismiss the

case at any time if the court determines that . . . the action or

appeal is frivolous . . . [or] fails to state a claim on which

relief may be granted.”).    Raber cannot put forward a § 1983 claim

for a false disciplinary charge unless he pleads and shows a

favorable   termination,    reversal,   or   setting   aside   of   the

disciplinary finding.      Woods v. Smith, 60 F.3d 1161, 1165 n. 16

(5th Cir. 1995); Heck v. Humphrey, 114 S.Ct. 2364 (1994).

     Appeal DISMISSED.

The motion to proceed in forma pauperis is hereby DENIED AS MOOT.




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