[NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 98-1745

ALTHEA GARRISON,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, ET AL.,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Richard Stearns, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Torruella, Chief Judge, Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lipez, Circuit Judge.

Althea Garrison on brief pro se. Joseph G. Donnellan on brief for appellees.

April 2, 1999

Per Curiam. Althea Garrison appeals pro se from a district court order dismissing her complaint against a union and various union officials. Having carefully reviewed the briefs and record, we affirm essentially for the reasons stated by the district court. We add that a litigant cannot make an end-run around the six-month limitation period by repackaging a hybrid 301/fair representation suit under the Labor Management Relations Act ("LMRA") as a claim under the Labor- Management Reporting and Disclosure Act ("LMRDA"). See Linnanev. General Elec. Co.,

(1st Cir. 1991). Accordingly, even if we assume for the sake of argument that Garrison's amended complaint states a claim under the LMRDA, it is time-barred. Finally, Garrison's contention that the district judge should have recused himself, made for the first time in her reply brief, is waived based on her failure to raise the issue in the district court. See In re Abijoe Realty Corp.,

(1st Cir. 1991). In any event, her suggestion of a conflict of interest is entirely speculative. Affirmed.