[NOT FOR PUBLICATION–NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 00-2096 BOBBIE MAYS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL, Defendant, Appellee.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Judge]

Before Torruella, Circuit Judge, Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lipez, Circuit Judge.

Bobbie Mays on brief pro se.

Nicholas DiGiovanni, Jr., Jaclyn L. Kugell, Maura D.

McLaughlin, and Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP on brief for appellee.

June 26, 2001 Per Curiam. Upon de novo review of the judgment below in light of the record and the parties' arguments on appeal, we affirm substantially for the reasons stated in the district court's thorough and well-reasoned memorandum and order granting summary judgment to the defendant.

Affirmed. See Loc. R. 27(c).