[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1815





                                  HENRY K. BOATENG,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                             KATHLEEN E. O'TOOLE, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                    [Hon. Richard G. Stearns, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                 Selya, Circuit Judge,
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                              Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Boudin, Circuit Judge.
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            Henry K. Boateng on brief pro se.
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            Bruce R. Henry, Susan M.  O'Hara and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller on
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        brief for appellees.





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                                   January 28, 1998

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                 Per  Curiam.  We  have reviewed the  parties' briefs and
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            the  record  on appeal.    We  affirm  the grant  of  summary



            judgment  in favor  of the  defendants,  essentially for  the



            reasons  stated in the district court's memorandum and order,



            dated May 30, 1997.



                 Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.
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