Not for Publication in West's Federal Reporter Citation Limited Pursuant to 1st Cir. Loc. R. 32.3

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit

No. 02-2321

JEFFREY E. SIMPSON,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

CHERYL GALLANT, ET AL.,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

[Hon. Margaret Kravchuk, U.S. Magistrate Judge]

Before

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

Jeffrey E. Simpson on brief pro se. Michael J. Schmidt and Wheeler & Arey, P.A. on brief for appellees.

May 8, 2003 Per Curiam. Jeffrey E. Simpson appeals from the order below

granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissing

his civil rights complaint brought pursuant to

.

We have reviewed the record, the parties' briefs, and the

applicable law, and we discern no reversible error. Accordingly,

we AFFIRM the judgment for essentially the reasons set forth in the

magistrate judge's decision entered pursuant to

(c).

See Simpson v. Gallant et al., No. 02-15-B-K (D.Me. Sept. 25,

2002).

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