UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS For the Seventh Circuit

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Date: August 12, 1994

Submitted: July 18, 1994

BEFORE: Honorable RICHARD A. POSNER, Chief Judge

Honorable JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge

Honorable DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judge

No. 94-1944

JAMES F. OSTERBUR,

Plaintiff - Appellant

V.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS, and COVENANT MEDICAL CENTER OF CHAMPAIGN/URBANA,

Defendants - Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Danville Division

No. 94 C 2060, Harold A. Baker, Judge

Upon consideration of the request for leave to proceed as a pauper on appeal filed by the appellant on June 23, 1994, the final order of the District Court, and the record on appeal, this court has determined that any issues which could be raised are insubstantial and the filing of briefs would not be helpful to the court' s consideration of the issues. Mather v. Village of Mundelein, 869 F.2d 356, 357 (7th Cir. 1989) (per curiam).

IT IS ORDERED that the motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis is DENIED and the judgment of the District Court is summarily AFFIRMED.