[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-2376



                                  STEVEN A. GRAHAM,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                      MAINE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE



                     [Hon. Morton A. Brody, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Steven A. Graham on brief pro se.
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            Robert  F. Hanson,  Christopher C.  Taintor and  Norman, Hanson  &
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        DeTroy on brief for appellees Bert Beverly, M.D. and Rock Welch.
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            Andrew  Ketterer,   Attorney  General,  Linda  Conti  and  Francis
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        Ackerman,  Assistant Attorney Generals, on brief for appellees Lehman,
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        Merrill, Lorenz and Farrington.



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                                  September 5, 1997

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                 Per  Curiam.  We  have reviewed the  parties' briefs and
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            the record on appeal.   We affirm the amended judgment of the



            district court, dated  October 29, 1996, essentially  for the



            reasons   stated   in  the   magistrate-judge's   recommended



            decision, dated September 30, 1996.



                 Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.
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