USCA1 Opinion

          March 29, 1996        [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





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          No. 95-1993



                                   JOHN M. ATKINS,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                                   RAYTHEON CORP.,



                                 Defendant, Appellee.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                   [Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge
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                          Stahl and Boudin, Circuit Judges.
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               John M. Atkins on brief pro se.
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               David C. Casey, Elena E. Salzman and Peckham,  Lobel, Casey,
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          Prince & Tye on brief for appellee.
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                      Per  Curiam.   On  appeal from  an adverse  summary
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            judgment, appellant assigns a single error: that the district



            court  abused  its  discretion  in  denying  his  motion  for



            discovery  under  Fed. R.  Civ. P.  56(f).   After  a careful



            review  of the  record,  we  see  no  abuse  of  the  court's



            considerable discretion to manage  pretrial proceedings.  See
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            Carreiro v. Rhodes Gill & Co., Ltd., 68 F.3d 1443, 1446  (1st
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            Cir. 1995).    Appellant offered  no  basis to  believe  that



            further discovery  would raise a  trialworthy issue.   Id. at
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            1449.  



                       Affirmed.
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