
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 97-1542                                  JAMES MACFARLANE,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                                 PETER SMITH, ET AL.,                                Defendants, Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE                   [Hon. Shane Devine, Senior U.S. District Judge]                                       __________________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                 Selya, Circuit Judge,                                        _____________                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,                                     ____________________                              and Lynch, Circuit Judge.                                         _____________                                 ____________________            James MacFarlane on brief pro se.            ________________            Philip T.  McLaughlin, Attorney  General,  and  Daniel J.  Mullen,            _____________________                           _________________        Senior Assistant Attorney General, Civil Bureau, on brief for appellee        Peter Smith.            Cynthia  L. Fallon  and Law  Office of  Rodney  L. Stark,  P.A. on            __________________      _______________________________________        brief for appellee Jack P. Crisp, Jr.            Diane  M.  Gorrow and  Soule,  Leslie,  Kidder, Zelin,  Sayward  &            _________________      ___________________________________________        Loughman on brief for appellee Beryl Rich.        ________                                 ____________________                                  November 10, 1997                                 ____________________                      Per  Curiam.   James  MacFarlane  appeals from  the                      ___________            dismissal of his complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for            failure to  state a claim  upon which relief may  be granted.            Having  carefully reviewed  the  record, "it  clearly appears            that,  on the facts alleged, the  plaintiff cannot recover on            any viable  theory." Wagner v.  Devine, 122 F.3d 53,  55 (1st                                 ______     ______            Cir.   1997).    We  affirm  the  dismissal  of  MacFarlane's                                 ______            complaint  essentially for the reasons stated in the district            court's Orders dated November 27, 1996 and March 27, 1997.                                           -2-
