USCA1 Opinion

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1214



                                  STANLEY R. GREEN,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                                 Defendant, Appellee.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                     [Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Stanley R. Green on brief pro se.
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            Donald K. Stern, United States  Attorney, and George B. Henderson,
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        II,  Assistant   United  States   Attorney,  on  Motion   for  Summary
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        Disposition, for appellee.





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                                     June 9, 1997

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                      Per Curiam.  We  carefully have reviewed the record
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            and the briefs of the parties.  We therefore summarily affirm
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            the  judgment  of  the  district court  for  essentially  the



            reasons stated  in its  Memorandum and Order,  dated December



            30, 1996.  See Local Rule 27.1.
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