November 19, 1993     [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 93-1395 

                                 NORMAN E. DICKINSON,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                     ORAM LAWRY,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

                     [Hon. Morton A. Brody, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Selya, Boudin and Stahl,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Norman E. Dickinson on brief pro se.
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                      Per Curiam.  Because plaintiff's complaint fails to
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            assert  facts  necessary  to  sustain  a     1983  claim,  we

            summarily affirm the magistrate judge's recommended dismissal

            filed  on  March 12,  1993,  accepted  and confirmed  by  the

            district court on March 31, 1993.