January 4, 1995
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                  FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 94-2003

                                  VICTOR G. FIELDS,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                  CITY OF BROCKTON,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


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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

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Victor G. Fields on brief pro se.
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            Frank A. Smith, III,  Jeffrey J. Clark and  Frank A. Smith,  III &
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        Associates, on brief for appellee.
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                                   January 4, 1995
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                      Per Curiam.   We  affirm the judgment  of dismissal
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            for  the reasons stated in the district court's June 30, 1994

            and August 15, 1994 orders.

                      Affirmed.
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