Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 97-1346

                                 MARK R. MERRIFIELD,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                   [Hon. Reginald C. Lindsay, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge
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                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Mark R. Merrifield on brief pro se.
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            Scott   Harshbarger,  Attorney  General,  and  William  J.  Meade,
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        Assistant Attorney  General, Criminal  Bureau, on  Motion for  Summary
        Affirmance.

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                                  November 19, 1997
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                      Per Curiam.  Appellant Mark Merrifield appeals from
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            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.
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