July 12, 1996 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 96-1163
No. 96-1164
ALFRED A. GALLANT, II,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
MAINE STATE PRISON, ET AL.,
Defendants, Appellees.
APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE
[Hon. Francis J. Boyle, Senior U.S. District Judge]*
No. 96-1617
ALFRED A. GALLANT, JR.,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
FRANCIS J. BOYLE,
Defendant, Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
[Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
Circuit Judges.
Alfred A. Gallant, II on briefs pro se.
Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, and Christopher C. Leighton,
Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellees Maine State Prison,
et al.
*Of the District of Rhode Island, sitting by designation.
Per Curiam. In Nos. 96-1163 and 96-1164, the judgments
are affirmed substantially for the reasons recited by the
district court in its January 16, 1996 decision. See Loc. R.
27.1. We add only that the amended complaint also falters by
failing to draw a sufficient link between the wrongs
allegedly suffered by plaintiff and the actions of the named
defendants. The motions to proceed in forma pauperis on
appeal and for appointment of counsel are denied. The motion
for recusal of Chief Judge Torruella is denied as moot.
In No. 96-1617, the judgment is affirmed substantially
for the reasons recited by the magistrate-judge in his April
15, 1996 report, which the district court subsequently
adopted. See Loc. R. 27.1.
So ordered.
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