U.S. v. MELENDEZ

No. 90-5682 Summary Calendar.

944 F.2d 216 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilberto MELENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane C. Van Helden, Barry Bishop, Joanne Summerhays, Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Sharon S. Pierce, Asst. U.S. Atty., Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The defendant in the civil case, Gilberto Melendez, attacks a directed verdict awarding damages to the government because of the Melendez's failure to comply with the service obligation incident to a government-sponsored scholarship program. Concluding that a reasonable jury could not have decided in favor of Melendez, we affirm.

I.

Between 1980 and 1983, while Melendez was in medical school, he applied for and

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