February 22, 1994       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 93-2341 

                              GILBERT MAURICE GAUDREAU,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                               COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORP.,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE


                    [Hon. Paul J. Barbadoro, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                 Breyer, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Gilbert Maurice Gaudreau on brief pro se.
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                      Per Curiam.  The complaint, which asserted libel in
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            purely  conclusory terms,  failed  to  state  a  libel  claim

            because  plaintiff did not  describe any  libelous statement.

            Despite  warning provided by the magistrate's report that the

            complaint  was too skeletal,  plaintiff failed to  remedy the

            deficiency.    Consequently,   the  complaint  was   properly

            dismissed, and plaintiff's  post-judgment motion was properly

            denied.

                      Affirmed.
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