USCA1 Opinion

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1103



                                MAUREEN F. FRECHETTE,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                                 PAUL RUANE, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                      [Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Maureen F. Frechette on brief pro se.
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            Nancy Ankers White, Special Assistant Attorney General, and  Marci
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        R. Gelb, Counsel, Department of Correction, on brief for appellee.
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                                   DECEMBER 3, 1996

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                      Per Curiam.    Upon a careful review of  the issues
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            and arguments in the parties' briefs and the record presented



            on appeal,  the judgment of  the district court  is affirmed.
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            See Loc. R. 27.1.
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