[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1542



                                  JAMES MACFARLANE,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                                 PETER SMITH, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE



                   [Hon. Shane Devine, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                 Selya, Circuit Judge,
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                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Lynch, Circuit Judge.
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            James MacFarlane on brief pro se.
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            Philip T.  McLaughlin, Attorney  General,  and  Daniel J.  Mullen,
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        Senior Assistant Attorney General, Civil Bureau, on brief for appellee

        Peter Smith.

            Cynthia  L. Fallon  and Law  Office of  Rodney  L. Stark,  P.A. on
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        brief for appellee Jack P. Crisp, Jr.

            Diane  M.  Gorrow and  Soule,  Leslie,  Kidder, Zelin,  Sayward  &
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        Loughman on brief for appellee Beryl Rich.
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                                  November 10, 1997

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                      Per  Curiam.   James  MacFarlane  appeals from  the
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            dismissal of his complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for



            failure to  state a claim  upon which relief may  be granted.



            Having  carefully reviewed  the  record, "it  clearly appears



            that,  on the facts alleged, the  plaintiff cannot recover on



            any viable  theory." Wagner v.  Devine, 122 F.3d 53,  55 (1st
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            Cir.   1997).    We  affirm  the  dismissal  of  MacFarlane's
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            complaint  essentially for the reasons stated in the district



            court's Orders dated November 27, 1996 and March 27, 1997.  







































































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