[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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       No. 97-1424


                                  JOHN F. MCGONDEL,


                                Plaintiff, Appellant,


                                         v.


                     DERRY COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL.,


                               Defendants, Appellees.


                                                     



                    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE


                   [Hon. Steven J. McAuliffe, U.S. District Judge]


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                                       Before


                               Selya, Boudin and Stahl,

                                   Circuit Judges.


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            John F. McGondel on brief pro se.

            Diane M. Gorrow
                           and 
                               Soule, Leslie, Kidder, Zelin, Sayward & Loughman

       on Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Disposition for

       appellee Derry Cooperative School District.



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                                   August 18, 1997

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                 Per 
                     Curiam. Upon careful review of the record and the


            parties' filings, we are convinced that the district court


            properly dismissed the complaint for the reasons stated in its


            order dated February 19, 1997. Appellant's arguments before


            this court do not suggest any grounds for reversal.


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










































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