Court Opinion

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                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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          No. 96-1129

                                   DONNA GUZIEJKA,

                                Plaintiff - Appellant,

                                          v.

                                 LOUIS PANAS, ET AL.,

                               Defendants - Appellees.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                  [Hon. George A. O'Toole, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                             and Tauro,* District Judge.
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               Matthew J. Buckley for appellant.
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               John  J.  O'Brien,  Jr.,  with  whom  Kirby,  O'Brien &  von
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          Rosenvinge was on  brief for  appellee Louis Panas.   Michael  J.
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          Keefe,  with whom O'Malley and  Harvey was on  brief for appellee
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          Town of Dracut.  Thomas E. Sweeney, City Solicitor, for appellees
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          John J. Sheehan and  the City of Lowell.   Regina M. Gilgun, with
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          whom Douglas I. Louison and  Merrick & Louison were on  brief for
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          appellee  Susan Siopes.    Joseph L.  Bierwirth,  Jr., Thomas  M.
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          Elcock and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller were on brief for appellees
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          Raymond P.  McKeon, Armand  Caron,  and the  Town of  Chelmsford.
          Joseph L. Tehan, Jr., with whom Kurt B. Fliegauf and Kopelman and
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          Paige, P.C. were on brief for appellees Town of Groton and George
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          *  Of the District of Massachusetts, sitting by designation.

          (Jay) Rider.

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                                   January 13, 1997

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                    Per Curiam.   Appellant Donna Guziejka was  laid off by
                    Per Curiam.
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          the Town of  Dracut Police Department, bypassed  several times by

          other Massachusetts police departments,  then rehired by the Town

          of  Dracut.     She  attempted  to   file  complaints  with   the

          Massachusetts Commission  Against  Discrimination and  the  Equal

          Employment Opportunity Commission, but  was told by both agencies

          that the limitations period had expired.  Nearly two years later,

          she  brought this  action against  defendants claiming  that they

          discriminated  against her in violation  of 42 U.S.C.    1981, 42

          U.S.C.    1983, 42 U.S.C.   2000e-2,  and Massachusetts statutory

          and criminal law by failing to hire her as a police officer.  The

          defendants  moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a

          claim  upon  which relief  may be  granted.   The  district court

          dismissed her federal and statutory claims and remanded the state

          common  law claims  to the  Massachusetts Superior Court.   After

          carefully reviewing  the briefs, the complaint,  and the district

          court  order,  we  affirm   the  district  court's  dismissal  of
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          Guziejka's federal and  state statutory claims and  the remand of

          her  state common  law claims for  substantially the  reasons set

          forth  by the district court in its Memorandum of Decision, dated

          December 8, 1995.

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