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                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit









No. 98-1106



                        SVEN A. JOHANSON,

                      Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                v.



                    DONALD R. DAINES, ET AL.,

                      Defendants, Appellees.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



            [Hon. Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                     Torruella, Chief Judge,

                                

                     Selya, Circuit Judge,

                                

             and Schwarzer,* Senior District Judge.

                                

                                





     Sven A. Johanson, pro se, with whom Schneider, Johanson &

Silin was on brief, for appellant.

     Ian Crawford, with whom Todd & Weld was on brief, for

appellees.











June 8, 1998







                                

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*Of the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.  Per Curiam.  We have carefully considered this appeal and

find it to be without merit.  The plaintiff's complaint, construed

most charitably to him, does not state a claim arising under

federal law, and the plaintiff has demonstrated no other arguable

basis for federal jurisdiction.  We therefore summarily affirm the

dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint for substantially the

reasons advanced in the district court's thoughtful rescript.  SeeJohanson v. Daines, No. 97-10137-NG (D. Mass. Nov. 10, 1997)

(unpublished slip op.).



Affirmed.