[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1565





                                   RONALD E. EGAN,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                           ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, 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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            Ronald E. Egan on brief pro se.
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            Francis D.  Dibble, Jr., J. Michael Scully and Bulkley, Richardson
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        and Gelinas, LLP on brief for appellee Athol Memorial Hospital.
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            Gerard R. Laurence, Karyn  Polito and Milton, Laurence & Dixon  on
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        brief for appellee Yong Min Chi, M.D.





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                                   January 6, 1998

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                      Per Curiam.   After carefully reviewing  the record
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            and  the  parties'  briefs, we  affirm  the  district court's



            judgment for essentially the reasons stated in its Memorandum



            and  Order, dated March 28,  1997.  We  add only that summary



            judgment was proper on the antitrust claims because appellant



            failed  to  submit any  facts  from  which  the  court  could



            conclude, either directly  or by inference, that  the actions



            of the appellees harmed competition in any way.  See Benjamin
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            v. Aroostook Med. Ctr., Inc., 113 F.3d 1, 1-2 (1st Cir. 1997)
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            (per curiam).



                      Affirmed.  See Local Rule 27.1
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