[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 96-2136







                           IN RE:  ALFRED A. GALLANT, JR.,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE



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



                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,

                                    Circuit Judges.
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            Alfred A. Gallant, Jr. on brief pro se.
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                                    March 4, 1997

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                 Per Curiam.  Substantially for the reasons enumerated by
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            the district court in  its "procedural order" dated September



            26,  1996, the order of dismissal is summarily affirmed.  See
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            Loc. R. 27.1.



























































































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