
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 97-1705                                   DEBRA C. VINGI,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                                STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND                 [Hon. Francis J. Boyle, Senior U.S. District Judge]                                         __________________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                 Selya, Circuit Judge,                                        _____________                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,                                     ____________________                              and Lynch, Circuit Judge.                                         _____________                                 ____________________            Debra C. Vingi on brief pro se.            ______________            Jeffrey  B. Pine,  Attorney General, and Brenda  A. Doyle, Special            ________________                         ________________        Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellee.                                 ____________________                                  December 29, 1997                                 ____________________                      Per  Curiam.   Plaintiff-appellant  challenges  the                      ___________            summary  judgment   dismissal  of   claims  alleging   gender            discrimination  in  the  rejection  of  her applications  for            admission to the  State Police Training Academy.   The claims            were based  on theories of disparate  impact in the use  of a            written  exam,  background   investigations  and  application            processing,   intentional    discrimination,   and    alleged            retaliation for the filing of administrative complaints.                      Reviewing the  judgment de  novo, in  light of  the                                              __  ____            briefs, the  appendix,  and the  record,  we agree  with  the            district court's  decision and affirm  substantially for  the            reasons set  forth in  the  magistrate judge's  May 24,  1996            Report and Recommendation.  See Loc. R. 27.1.                                        ___                      Affirmed.                           ________                                         -2-
