
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 97-1149                                    RUBEN RAMOS-PENA                            AND MIGDALIA SANTIAGO ALVELO,                               Plaintiffs, Appellants,                                          v.                          CROWLEY AMERICAN TRANSPORT, INC.,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO                    [Hon. Jose Antonio Fuste, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                 ____________________            Jose R. Franco on brief for appellants.            ______________            Raquel M.  Dulzaides and Jimenez, Graffam  & Lausell on brief  for            ____________________     ___________________________        appellee.                                 ____________________                                   August 19, 1997                                 ____________________                 Per  Curiam.  Upon  careful consideration of  the briefs                 ___________            and  record, we  conclude that  the  district court  properly            granted   summary   judgment  on   appellant's   federal  age            discrimination claims.                   The district  court  applied  the  correct  standard  in            reviewing the summary judgment motion and in determining that            appellant  failed  to  make  a  prima  facie  showing  of  an            essential  element of  his age  discrimination  claims.   The            uncontested facts submitted by appellee showed that appellant            was  not fully qualified  for either of  the positions, while            the two individuals hired were so qualified.  Even were we to            credit appellant's additional assertions  about his education            and  experience, he  still  has  not shown  that  he met  the            objective qualifications for the positions.                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.                 ________   ___                                         -2-
