[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1606



                                     ROBERT COOK,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                               MICHAEL HEAVEY, ET AL.,



                                Defendant, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                     [Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                               Selya, Boudin and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Robert Cook on brief pro se.
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            Joslin Ham Murphy on brief for appellees, Town defendants.
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            Scott  Harshbarger, Attorney  General,  and William  J.  Duensing,
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        Assistant Attorney  General, Criminal Bureau, on  brief for appellees,

        State defendants.





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                                  December 23, 1996

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                      Per  Curiam.     Plaintiff-appellant  appeals   the
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            dismissal  of his  second  amended complaint  for failure  to



            state a claim.   Reviewing  the dismissal de  novo, and  upon
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            consideration of the parties' briefs and the record, we agree



            with the district court's  analysis and affirm  substantially



            for  the  reasons  set   forth  in  Judge  Keeton's  thorough



            memorandum  order.  There was  no abuse of  discretion in the



            court's decision to  dismiss the complaint without  affording



            plaintiff another opportunity to amend.



                      Affirmed.
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