December 6, 1995        [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



                           



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        No. 95-1574 



                                  A.G. EDWARDS, JR.,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                                PHYLLIS VELIS, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                      [Hon. Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Selya, Stahl and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            A.G. Edwards, Jr. on brief pro se.
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            Rhonda T.  Maloney and  Esdaile, Barrett  & Esdaile  on brief  for
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        appellees Phyllis Velis, Nicole Velis and Christopher Velis.

            Richard  K.  Donahue, Jr.  and  Donahue  &  Donahue  on brief  for
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        appellee Harvey I. Katzen, M.D.

            William D. Crowe and Crowe & Dunn on  brief for appellee Harold M.
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        Goldstein.

            George A. Berman,  Deirdre M. Giblin  and Posternak,  Blankstein &
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        Lund on brief for appellees Frederic A. Swartz and Swartz & Swartz.
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                      Per Curiam.  After carefully considering the briefs
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            of  the  parties and  reviewing  the  record,  we affirm  the



            judgment of  the district  court for essentially  the reasons



            stated in its Memorandum & Order, dated April 13, 1995.



                      Affirmed.  See Local Rule 27.1.
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