USCA1 Opinion

      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-1386



                          ANINA RASTEN,



                      Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                v.



                    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,



                       Defendant, Appellee.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



         [Hon. Edward F. Harrington, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                     Selya, Stahl and Lynch,

                        Circuit Judges.

                                

                                





     Anina Rasten on brief pro se.

     











DECEMBER 22, 1998









                                

                                









                                               Per Curiam.  After carefully considering the

    appellant's brief and the record on appeal, we affirm the

    judgment of the district court.  The appellant's complaint did

    not set forth sufficient facts to support an action in federal

    court.  The district court had discretion under 28 U.S.C. 

    1915(e)(2) to dismiss the suit without giving the appellant an

    opportunity to amend the complaint.

              Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.