USCA1 Opinion

       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-2064



             LEONARD PETRICCA AND LAWRENCE PETRICCA,



                     Plaintiffs, Appellants,



                                v.



                    JAMES E. COPPOLA, ET AL.,



                      Defendants, Appellees.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



         [Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                    Selya, Boudin and Lynch,

                        Circuit Judges.

                                

                                

                                

                                

     Leonard Petricca and Lawrence Petricca on brief pro se.

     Joyce Frank, Katharine I. Goree and Kopelman and Paige, P.C.

on Motion for Summary Disposition for appellees Dennis Comee and

City of Gardner.













June 28, 1999









     Per Curiam.  We have carefully reviewed the record on appeal

as well as the appellants' brief and the memorandum of law

submitted by appellees Dennis Comee and the City of Gardner.  We

affirm essentially for the reasons stated in the district court's

memorandum and order, dated May 27, 1998.  Nothing in appellants'

proffer suggests that any amendment would state a viable claim

pursuant to 42 U.S.C.  1983.

     The district court's order of dismissal is affirmed.

     The motion for reconsideration of our order of February 16,

1999 is denied.

     Treating appellants' "formal complaint" as a motion for

sanctions, it is denied.