Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-2012

                                   DOMONIC SANTINI,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                        HONORABLE GILBERTO GIERBOLINI, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

                   [Hon. Salvador E. Casellas, U.S. District Judge]

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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Domonic Santini on brief pro se.
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            Guillermo Gil, United  States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco  and
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        Nelson  Perez-Sosa, Assistant  United  States Attorneys,  and Jose  A.
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        Quilles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for appellees.
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                                     June 4, 1997
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                      Per Curiam.   After carefully reviewing the  record
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            and  the parties' briefs, we hold that the district court did

            not  abuse  its  discretion  in  sua  sponte  dismissing  the
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            complaint of appellant Domonic Santini.  We add that  nothing

            in appellant's brief persuades us  that allowing him to amend

            the  complaint would be anything but futile.  See Shockley v.
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            Jones,  823 F.2d 1068, 1072-73 (7th Cir. 1987).  We therefore
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            affirm the judgment of the district court essentially for the
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            reasons  stated   in  its  Opinion  and   Order,  Santini  v.
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            Gierbolini, 937 F. Supp. 130 (D.P.R. 1996).
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                      Affirmed.
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