[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1862



                                  ROBERT E. CAMERON,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                                 JOHN NOONAN, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, 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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            Scott  Harshbarger, Attorney  General, and Elisabeth  J. Medvedow,
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        Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellees.





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                                    March 5, 1997

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                      Per Curiam.  After carefully  reviewing the record,
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            we  affirm the judgment of the district court for essentially
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            the reasons  stated in its  Memorandum and Order,  dated June



            20,  1996.   See  Local  Rule  27.1.    Appellant  Robert  E.
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            Cameron's   motions   for   speedy   consideration   and  the



            appointment of counsel are denied.
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