November 14, 1995

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



                           

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        No. 95-1380 



                                  JAMES McLAUGHLIN,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                     UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE



                       [Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            James McLaughlin on brief pro se.
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            Jay  P.  McCloskey,  United  States  Attorney,  Frank  W.  Hunger,
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        Assistant Attorney General,  Marleigh D. Dover and Jennifer Hay Zacks,
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        Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil  Division, Department of Justice, on

        brief for appellees.





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                      Per Curiam.  We  have carefully reviewed the record
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            and  the  briefs of  the  parties  and  summarily affirm  the



            judgment of  the district  court for essentially  the reasons



            stated in  the recommended decision of  the magistrate judge.



            The  district court  adopted the  reasoning of  this decision



            when it  dismissed appellant's complaint, and  we, too, think



            that reasoning is persuasive.  Appellant's motion for summary



            disposition is therefore denied.



                      Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. R. 27.1.
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