[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 97-1968
LLOYD MATTHEWS,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
PAUL RAKIEY, ET AL.,
Defendants, Appellees.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
[Hon. William G. Young, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Selya, Circuit Judge,
Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,
and Boudin, Circuit Judge.
Katharine F. Zupan and Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. on
brief for appellant.
Nancy Ankers White, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Joel
J. Berner, Counsel, Department of Correction, on brief for appellees.
December 9, 1997
Per Curiam. Upon careful review of the briefs and
record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its
discretion in denying plaintiff's 1993 or 1995 motions to
amend his complaint. Even in light of plaintiff's prior pro
se status and his various letters and motions in 1990-1991,
we cannot say that the district court was required in 1990-
1991 to offer plaintiff any additional advice or to create
any additional opportunity for plaintiff to amend his
complaint.
Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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