June 24, 1996         [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 96-1029



                                   RICHARD DIONNE,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                    COMMISSIONER, NH DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE



                 [Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                               Selya, Boudin, and Stahl

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Richard Dionne on brief pro se.
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            Jeffrey R. Howard, Attorney General, and Stephen J. Judge,  Senior
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        Assistant Attorney General.







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                      Per Curiam.  Richard Dionne, who is incarcerated at
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            the New Hampshire State Prison, appeals from the dismissal of



            his  civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C.   1983 against various



            state  prison officials.    We affirm  substantially for  the



            reasons given in the district court's decision dated November



            8, 1995, finding no merit in Dionne's claims of error.



                      Affirmed.
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