[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1544





                                    MOSHE ROTHMAN,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                   [Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Moshe Rothman on brief pro se.
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            Frank E. Reardon, Kenneth R. Kohlberg, Amy M. Campbell and  Hassan
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        & Reardon, P.C. on Notice of Objection for appellees.
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                                   October 1, 1997

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                      Per  Curiam.     Plaintiff's  action  was  properly
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            dismissed  for the  reasons stated  in  the district  court's



            February 13, 1997 order.



                      Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.
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