November 23, 1994       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT


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        No. 94-1745 

                                  AZUBUKO E. CHUKWU,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                        CHIEF ADULT PROBATION OFFICER, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                    [Hon. Richard G. Stearns, U.S. District Judge]

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                                        Before

                                  Cyr, Circuit Judge,
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                            Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.
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            Azubuko E. Chukwu on brief pro se.
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            Scott  Harshbarger,  Attorney  General,  and  Margaret  C.  Parks,
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        Assistant  Attorney  General,  on  brief  for  appellee,  Chief  Adult
        Probation Officer.
            Richard L. Barry, Jr.,  Middlesex County Sheriff's  Department, on
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        brief for appellee, Assistant Clerk, Middlesex County Jail.


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                      Per Curiam.  The dismissal of appellant's complaint
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            for lack  of federal subject matter  jurisdiction is affirmed
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            for the reasons contained  in the district court's Memorandum

            of Decision and Order on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, dated

            May 11, 1994.











































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