
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                              _________________________          No. 96-1644                                    SIDNEY ABBOTT,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                               RANDON BRAGDON, D.M.D.,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                              _________________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE                     [Hon. Morton A. Brody, U.S. District Judge]                                            ___________________                              _________________________                                        Before                                Selya, Circuit Judge,                                       _____________                            Aldrich, Senior Circuit Judge,                                     ____________________                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.                                         _____________                              _________________________               David G.  Webbert and Bennett  H. Klein, with  whom Johnson,               _________________     _________________             ________          Webbert  &  Laubenstein and  Gay  and Lesbian  Advocates  were on          _______________________      ___________________________          brief, for plaintiff Sidney Abbott.               John W. McCarthy,  with whom  Brent A. Singer  and Rudman  &               ________________              _______________      _________          Winchell were on brief, for defendant Randon Bragdon, D.M.D.          ________                              _________________________                                    March 5, 1997                              _________________________                    Per  Curiam.  This is  a protective appeal,  taken by a                    Per  Curiam.                    ___________          prevailing  plaintiff  as a  precaution,  should  we see  fit  to          reverse or vacate a summary judgment entered in  her favor by the          district  court.  We have  today issued an  opinion affirming the          summary  judgment.   See  Abbott v.  Bragdon,  No. 96-1643.    We                               ___  ______     _______          therefore dismiss this appeal as moot.          Appeal dismissed.  No costs.          Appeal dismissed.  No costs.          ________________   ________                                          2
