
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 97-1346                                 MARK R. MERRIFIELD,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL.,                                Defendants, Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                   [Hon. Reginald C. Lindsay, U.S. District Judge]                                              ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge                                           ___________                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                 ____________________            Mark R. Merrifield on brief pro se.            __________________            Scott   Harshbarger,  Attorney  General,  and  William  J.  Meade,            ___________________                            __________________        Assistant Attorney  General, Criminal  Bureau, on  Motion for  Summary        Affirmance.                                 ____________________                                  November 19, 1997                                 ____________________                      Per Curiam.  Appellant Mark Merrifield appeals from                      __________            the district court's dismissal of his in forma pauperis suit.            Under   28  U.S.C.     1915(e)(2)(B),  a  district  court  is            authorized to  dismiss an  in forma  pauperis action  "at any            time" if it is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim            for relief, or seeks money damages against immune defendants.            We  affirm dismissal of  the instant action,  essentially for            the reasons given  by the district court in  its orders dated            January 23 and  February 21, 1997, and by  appellees in their            motion for summary affirmance.                      Affirmed.  See Loc. R. 27.1.                      ____________________________                                         -2-
