USCA1 Opinion

          September 4, 1992     [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]










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          No. 92-1037

            


                             REV. GERALD GORDON, ET AL.,

                               Plaintiffs, Appellants,

                                          v.

                               JAMES E. O'NEIL, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

                [Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, Senior 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 Cyr, Circuit Judge.
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               Rev. Gerald Gordon on brief pro se.
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               James E.  O'Neil, Attorney General, and  Richard B. Woolley,
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          Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellees.



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               Per Curiam.  We have reviewed the parties' briefs and the 
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          record on appeal.   We affirm essentially for the  reasons stated
          in 
          the district court's memorandum and order, dated September 12, 

          1991, and entered on September 16, 1991.

               Affirmed.
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