USCA1 Opinion

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]






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          No. 92-1441

                                    GERARD BENOIT,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                               WILLIAM F. WELD, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                     [Hon. A. David Mazzone, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                              Torruella, Circuit Judge,
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                      Brown* and Bownes, Senior Circuit Judges.
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                Matthew Cobb for appellant.
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                Jon  Laramore,   Assistant  Attorney   General,  Government
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          Bureau, with  whom Scott  Harshbarger, Attorney  General, was  on
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          brief for appellees.



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                                   October 21, 1992
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          *  Of the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.











                    Per Curiam.   Upon  full review of  the record  in this
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          case, and having  considered the briefs and oral  argument of the

          parties,  the  decision of  the  district court  is  affirmed for

          substantially the  same reasons  as are stated  in said  opinion.

          See Benoit  v. Weld,  et al.,  No.  91-12314 (D.  Mass. March  5,
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          1992).

                    Affirmed.  Costs to appellees.
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