[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 96-1606
ROBERT COOK,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
MICHAEL HEAVEY, ET AL.,
Defendant, Appellees.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
[Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Boudin and Lynch,
Circuit Judges.
Robert Cook on brief pro se.
Joslin Ham Murphy on brief for appellees, Town defendants.
Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, and William J. Duensing,
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, on brief for appellees,
State defendants.
December 23, 1996
Per Curiam. Plaintiff-appellant appeals the
dismissal of his second amended complaint for failure to
state a claim. Reviewing the dismissal de novo, and upon
consideration of the parties' briefs and the record, we agree
with the district court's analysis and affirm substantially
for the reasons set forth in Judge Keeton's thorough
memorandum order. There was no abuse of discretion in the
court's decision to dismiss the complaint without affording
plaintiff another opportunity to amend.
Affirmed.
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