September 15, 1994
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
                                 ____________________


        No. 93-2231 

                                     LESTER KATZ,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                   DENNIS ROBERTS,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


                                 ____________________

                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                 [Hon. Frank H. Freedman, Senior U.S. District Judge]
                                          __________________________

                                 ____________________

                                        Before

                                 Selya, Circuit Judge,
                                        _____________
                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,
                                     ____________________
                              and Boudin, Circuit Judge.
                                          _____________

                                 ____________________

            Lester Katz on brief pro se.
            ___________
            Scott  Harshbarger,  Attorney  General,  and  James  S.  Whitcomb,
            __________________                            ___________________
        Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellee.


                                 ____________________


                                 ____________________















                      Per Curiam.   The judgment of the district court is
                      __________

            affirmed  for  the reasons  stated  in  the district  court's
            ________

            October 26, 1993  memorandum and order and in  the magistrate

            judge's  November 23, 1992  report and recommendation adopted

            by the district court.