[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-2269





                                    FRIEDRICH LU,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                                 HARSHBARGER, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                   [Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, 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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            Friedrich Lu on brief pro se.
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            Scott  Harshbarger,  Attorney General,  and  Juliana deHaan  Rice,
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        Assistant  Attorney   General,  on   appellees'  motion  for   summary

        disposition and memorandum of law.





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                                   February 2, 1998

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                 Per Curiam.  Upon review of the record and consideration
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            of  the  arguments  raised  in  appellant's  briefs  and  the



            appellees' motion  for  summary disposition,  we perceive  no



            substantial reason to overturn the order of dismissal.



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