November 18, 1993
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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          No. 93-1864

            


                              IRA GLEN ANTHONY WALTERS,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                   [Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, 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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               Ira Glen Anthony Walter on brief pro se.
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                      Per  Curiam.   The judgment  dismissing plaintiff's
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            action as  barred by the  statute of limitations  is affirmed

            for the reasons  stated in the district court's  July 6, 1993

            memorandum.  

                 Affirmed.
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