[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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       No. 97-1094


                                    TUAN NGUYEN,


                                Plaintiff, Appellant,


                                         v.


                                   LANCE DEPLANTE,


                                Defendant, Appellee.


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                    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS


                     [Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Judge]


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                                       Before


                               Selya, Boudin and Stahl,

                                   Circuit Judges.


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            Tuan Nguyen on brief pro se.




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                                    JULY 31, 1997

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                 Per Curiam.    Upon careful review of the record received


            from the district court, appellant's brief, and the appendix,


            we perceive no reason to overturn the summary judgment in favor


            of appellee. On the record before us, the judgment for


            appellee was proper, and none of appellant's procedural


            complaints rise to the level of reversible error.


                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.








































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