USCA1 Opinion

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT







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        No. 96-2212



                                 RENALDO ALAN BROWNE,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



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                OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE U.S. TREASURY, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                   [Hon. Robert B. Collings, U.S. Magistrate Judge]
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                                        Before



                                 Selya, Circuit Judge,
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                              Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Boudin, Circuit Judge.
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            Renaldo Alan Browne on brief pro se.
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                                    March 27, 1997

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                      Per Curiam.  Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of his
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            complaint  as "frivolous"  under former  28 U.S.C.    1915(d)



            (now codified at  28 U.S.C.   1915(e)(2)(B)).   Reviewing the



            dismissal  de  novo, and  upon  consideration of  plaintiff's
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            brief, we see no basis  for disagreeing with the magistrate's



            reasoning and  conclusion.  The  judgment is  affirmed.   See
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            Loc. R. 27.1.















































































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