USCA1 Opinion
October 7, 1994 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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No. 94-1728
IN RE: WILLIAM J. BURGESS,
Appellant.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
[Hon. Martin F. Loughlin, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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Before
Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
Circuit Judges.
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William J. Burgess on brief pro se.
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Per Curiam. The district court did not abuse its
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discretion in denying the request to proceed in forma
pauperis, see Temple v. Ellerthorpe, 586 F. Supp. 848 (D.R.I.
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1984) (discussing the discretionary nature of this
determination), nor did it fail to give an adequate
explanation, assuming it were obliged to do so, for its
ruling.
Affirmed.
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