[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1379



                                  STEVEN S. CROOKER,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                                  JOHN MAGAW, ETC.,



                                 Defendant, Appellee.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                    [Hon. Michael A. Ponsor, U.S. District Judge]



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                                        Before



                               Selya, Boudin and Stahl,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Steven S. Crooker on brief pro se.
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            Donald K.  Stern, United  States Attorney, and  Karen L.  Goodwin,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.



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                                  September 11, 1997

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                 Per  Curiam.  We  have reviewed the  parties' briefs and
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            the record on appeal.   We agree with the district court that



            the  agency ruling was  neither arbitrary, capricious  nor an



            abuse of discretion nor do  we think that the agency's action



            rests on any misinterpretation of the pertinent statute.   We



            therefore affirm the judgment entered on March 7, 1997.



                 Affirmed. 
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