March 28, 1994
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 93-2104 

                            STEPHEN VANDECASTEELE, ET AL.,

                               Plaintiffs, Appellants,

                                          v.

                            ANGELO R. FISICHELLA, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                       [Hon. Rya W. Zobel, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                             Torruella, Boudin and Stahl,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Stephen J. Vandecasteele on brief pro se.
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            Scott  Harshbarger, Attorney General,  and Stephen Dick, Assistant
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        Attorney  General, on  Memorandum  in Support  of  Motion for  Summary
        Affirmance for appellees.


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                      Per Curiam.  After carefully reviewing the parties'
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            briefs and the record, we affirm the judgment of the district
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            court for essentially the reasons stated in its Memorandum of

            Decision, dated September 7, 1993.