[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1313





                        EMANUEL R. GRANGE, A/K/A TEDDY MURPHY,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                              DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,



                                 Defendant, Appellee.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                       [Hon. Mark L. Wolf, 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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            Emanuel R. Grange, a/k/a Teddy Murphy on brief pro se.
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            Scott  Harshbarger,  Attorney   General,  and   Ellyn  H.   Lazar,
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        Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellees.





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                                  September 22, 1997

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                      Per Curiam.   Appellant  Emanuel R.  Grange appeals
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            from  the district court's  dismissal of his  complaint filed



            under  42 U.S.C.     1983.    After carefully  reviewing  the



            parties' briefs and the record, we believe that the dismissal



            was  correct  for  essentially  the  reasons  stated  in  the



            district court's Order, dated January 23, 1997.



                      Affirmed.  See Local Rule 27.1.    
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