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United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 01-1625

SOLOMON UPSHAW,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

MORGAN JAMES, ET AL.,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Torruella, Circuit Judge, Stahl, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lynch, Circuit Judge.

Solomon Upshaw on brief pro se. James B. Farmer, United States Attorney, Cynthia W. Lie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Maite A. Parsi, Assistant Attorney General, on Motion for Summary Disposition for appellees.

November 30, 2001 Per Curiam. After due consideration of the briefs

and record on appeal, we affirm substantially for the

reasons stated by the district court. The appellant failed

to state any claim cognizable by the federal court.

Affirmed. Loc. R. 27(c).