[NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 98-1106

SVEN A. JOHANSON, Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

DONALD R. DAINES, ET AL., Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Torruella, Chief Judge,

Selya, Circuit Judge,

and Schwarzer,* Senior District Judge.

Sven A. Johanson, pro se, with whom Schneider, Johanson & Silin was on brief, for appellant. Ian Crawford, with whom Todd & Weld was on brief, for appellees.

June 8, 1998

*Of the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. Per Curiam. We have carefully considered this appeal and find it to be without merit. The plaintiff's complaint, construed most charitably to him, does not state a claim arising under federal law, and the plaintiff has demonstrated no other arguable basis for federal jurisdiction. We therefore summarily affirm the dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint for substantially the reasons advanced in the district court's thoughtful rescript. SeeJohanson v. Daines, No. 97-10137-NG (D. Mass. Nov. 10, 1997) (unpublished slip op.).

Affirmed.