April 10, 1996

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





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        No. 95-2173



                                   MICHAEL J. DEE,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                           JANET RENO, Attorney General and

               ANDREW KETTERER, Attorney General of the State of Maine,



                                Defendants, Appellees.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE



                     [Hon. D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                 Selya, Cyr and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Michael J. Dee on brief pro se.
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            Jay  P. McCloskey,  United  States  Attorney,  and Evan  J.  Roth,
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        Assistant U.S. Attorney on brief for appellee, Attorney General Reno.

            Andrew  Ketterer,  Attorney   General,  James  D.   Williams  III,
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        Assistant Attorney  General, and  Thomas D. Warren,  Chief, Litigation
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        Division, Assistant  Attorney General,  on brief for  appellee, Andrew

        Ketterer.





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                      Per  Curiam.     Plaintiff/appellant  Michael   Dee
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            challenges  a  district court  discretionary decision  not to



            entertain a  declaratory judgment  action.  We  have reviewed



            the parties' briefs and  the record on appeal and  affirm the



            judgment essentially  for the reasons stated  by the district



            court in its order dated September 11, 1995.



                      Affirmed.
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