March 29, 1993        [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT




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          No. 91-2341

            


                                 THOMAS G. HODGETTS,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                          COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


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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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                          Torruella and Cyr, Circuit Judges.
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               Thomas G. Hodgetts on brief pro se.
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               James E. O'Neil, Attorney General, and James R. Lee, Special
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          Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellee.



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                      Per Curiam.  We have reviewed  the record on appeal
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            and  conclude  that the  district  court  did  not abuse  its

            discretion  in  entering  the  contempt  finding.  See  Mass.
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            Association  of  Older Americans  v.  Commissioner of  Public
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            Welfare, 803 F.2d 35, 38 (1st Cir. 1986); AMF Inc. v. Jewett,
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            711 F.2d 1096, 1101 (1st Cir. 1983).  Accordingly, the order

            holding appellant  in contempt  and enjoining  appellant from

            further picketing is affirmed.
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