
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 96-1606                                     ROBERT COOK,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                               MICHAEL HEAVEY, ET AL.,                                Defendant, Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                     [Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Judge]                                             ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                               Selya, Boudin and Lynch,                                   Circuit Judges.                                   ______________                                 ____________________            Robert Cook on brief pro se.            ___________            Joslin Ham Murphy on brief for appellees, Town defendants.            _________________            Scott  Harshbarger, Attorney  General,  and William  J.  Duensing,            __________________                          _____________________        Assistant Attorney  General, Criminal Bureau, on  brief for appellees,        State defendants.                                 ____________________                                  December 23, 1996                                 ____________________                      Per  Curiam.     Plaintiff-appellant  appeals   the                      ___________            dismissal  of his  second  amended complaint  for failure  to            state a claim.   Reviewing  the dismissal de  novo, and  upon                                                      __  ____            consideration of the parties' briefs and the record, we agree            with the district court's  analysis and affirm  substantially            for  the  reasons  set   forth  in  Judge  Keeton's  thorough            memorandum  order.  There was  no abuse of  discretion in the            court's decision to  dismiss the complaint without  affording            plaintiff another opportunity to amend.                      Affirmed.                      ________                                         -2-
