                                          v.

 Sheila E. WIDNALL, Secretary of the United States Department of the Air Force, Defendant-
Appellee Cross-Appellant.

                                              Nov. 14, 1996.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Before SMITH and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and JUSTICE, District Judge.*

         JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

          Ray Jackson appeals a summary judgment dismissing his various claims of employment

discrimination arising under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.

(1994), and the Constitution. The Secretary of the United States Department of the Air Force ("Air

Force"), cross-appeals a summary judgment ordering the Air Force to pay interest on back pay

awarded to Jackson pursuant to a settlement agreement. We affirm the summary judgment dismissing

Jackson's claims but, concluding that Jackson abandoned his claim for back pay interest by voluntarily

entering into a settlement agreement, we reverse the award of back pay interest and render judgment

in favor of the Air Force.

 