December 8, 1993      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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          No. 93-1841

            


                                  THOMAS V. DUFIELD,

                                Petitioner, Appellant,

                                          v.

                          WARDEN NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON,

                                Respondent, Appellee.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE


                    [Hon. Martin F. Loughlin, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                 Breyer, Chief Judge,
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                         Torruella and Selya, Circuit Judges.
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               Jeffrey  R. Howard, Attorney  General, and Mark  D. Attorri,
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          Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellee.



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                      Per  Curiam.  We have reviewed the record on appeal
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            and affirm the judgment of the district court essentially for

            the reasons stated in the order, dated July 7, 1993.

                 Affirmed.
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