[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

No. 96-2376

STEVEN A. GRAHAM,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

MAINE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

[Hon. Morton A. Brody, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Torruella, Chief Judge,

Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.

Steven A. Graham on brief pro se.

Robert F. Hanson, Christopher C. Taintor and Norman, Hanson &

DeTroy on brief for appellees Bert Beverly, M.D. and Rock Welch.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Linda Conti and Francis

Ackerman, Assistant Attorney Generals, on brief for appellees Lehman,

Merrill, Lorenz and Farrington.

September 5, 1997

Per Curiam. We have reviewed the parties' briefs and

the record on appeal. We affirm the amended judgment of the

district court, dated October 29, 1996, essentially for the

reasons stated in the magistrate-judge's recommended

decision, dated September 30, 1996.

Affirmed. Loc. R. 27.1.

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