USCA1 Opinion

          September 17, 1992    [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]





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        No. 91-2274

                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                 Plaintiff, Appellee,

                                          v.

                                ANN M. PALMER, ET AL.,

                               Defendants, Appellants.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                     [Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                 Breyer, Chief Judge,
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                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Selya, Circuit Judge.
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            Peter R. Tritsch on brief for appellant Ann M. Palmer.
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            Peter R. Tritsch on brief pro se.
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            Philip F. Mulvey, Jr. on brief pro se.
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                      Per  Curiam.    The  district  court's   denial  of
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            appellants'   various   motions  for   attorneys'   fees  and

            sanctions,  and   for   reconsideration,  is   affirmed   for

            substantially  the reasons  stated  by  the  district  court.

            Having  carefully  reviewed the  record  and  the briefs,  we
















            conclude  that  the district  court adequately  explained its

            reasons  for denying sanctions.  The court's findings are not

            clearly erroneous, and  the court  did not err  or abuse  its

            discretion  in   denying  sanctions.    Nor   was  there  any

            procedural irregularity.

                      Affirmed.
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