
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            United States Court of Appeals                                For the First Circuit                                 ____________________          No. 97-1934                                  WILLIAM J. POLIS,                                Plaintiff - Appellant,                                          v.                                WILLIAM WELD, ET AL.,                               Defendants - Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                     [Hon. Joseph L. Tauro, U.S. District Judge]                                            ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                               Torruella, Chief Judge,                                          ___________                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                _____________________               Paul S. Hughes for appellant.               ______________               Lucy  A. Wall, Assistant  Attorney General, with  whom Scott               _____________                                          _____          Harshbarger, Attorney General, was on brief for appellee.          ___________                                 ____________________                                  December 18, 1997                                 ____________________                    Per Curiam.   After full consideration of  the parties'                    Per Curiam                    ___________          briefs and the  record provided for our review,  we conclude that          the  district  court  properly  granted the  defendant-appellees'          motion to dismiss under Fed. R.  Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure  to          state a claim  upon which relief could be granted.  We reach this          conclusion substantially for  the reasons stated by  the district          court.    Affirmed.   See  1st  Cir.  Loc.  R. 27.1.    Costs  to                    ________    ___          appellees.  Fed. R. App. P. 39(a).                                         -2-
