USCA1 Opinion

       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]

                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-2344



                         ISHMAEL K. ALI,



                      Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                v.



                EAST LONGMEADOW POLICE DEPARTMENT;

         JOSEPH WESCOTT, OFFICER; RICHARD BATES, OFFICER;

             TOWN OF EAST LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS,



                      Defendants, Appellees.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



          [Hon. Michael A. Ponsor, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                     Torruella, Chief Judge,

                Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,

                   and Lynch, Circuit Judge.

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

     Ishmael K. Ali on brief pro se.

     Douglas I. Louison, Stephen C. Pfaff and Merrick, Louison &

Costello on brief for appellees.











August 27, 1999







  

  

            Per Curiam.  After carefully reviewing the briefs and

  record on appeal, we affirm substantially for the reasons

  stated by the district court.  This action was filed on April

  21, 1998.  Appellant described no specific incident of a civil-

  rights violation which occurred within the preceding three-year

  period.  While we recognize that the appellant alleged that his

  wife was cited for a traffic violation within the limitations

  period, 42 U.S.C.  1983 does not provide a remedy for every

  type of alleged wrong.  See Whren v. United States, 517 U.S.

  806, 809-810 (1996); Judge v. Lowell, 160 F.3d 67, 76 n.15 (1st

  Cir. 1998); Earle v. Benoit, 850 F.2d 836, 844 (1st Cir. 1988).

            Affirmed.  Loc. R. 27.1.