September 28, 1994
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 94-1591

                                MICHAEL ALAN CROOKER,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                 ROBERT HOWE, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                      [Hon. Michael Ponsor, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Selya and Cyr, Circuit Judges.
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            Michael Alan Crooker on brief pro se.
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            Donald K. Stern,  United States  Attorney, and  Karen L.  Goodwin,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.


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                 Per Curiam.   We have reviewed  the parties' briefs  and
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            the  record on appeal.  We affirm essentially for the reasons

            stated  in the  district  court's memorandum,  dated May  19,

            1994.

                 Affirmed.
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