Court Opinion

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USCA1 Opinion

	

        November 29, 1995       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

                           
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        No. 95-1600 

                                     DONALD GILL,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                DARRELL WEST, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.
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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

                     [Hon. Ernest C. Torres, U.S. District Judge]
                                             ___________________
                [Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Stahl and Lynch,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Donald Gill on brief pro se.
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            Peter  J. McGinn,  Richard  J.  Welch and  Tillinghast  Collins  &
            ________________   __________________      _______________________
        Graham on brief  for appellee Darrell West in his Official Capacity as
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        an Agent of Brown University and in his Personal Capacity.
            Henry  M. Swan and Davis,  Kilmarx, Swan & Kohlenberg on brief for
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        appellee John Hazen White.
            Stephen  H.  Burke and  Temkin  &  Associates  Ltd.  on brief  for
            __________________      ___________________________
        appellee Narragansett Media, Inc.
            Joseph  V.  Cavanagh,  Jr.,  Raymond  A.  Marcaccio  and  Blish  &
            __________________________   ______________________       ________
        Cavanagh  on brief  for appellees  The Providence Journal  Company and
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        WLNE-TV Channel 6.

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                 Per Curiam.   We have reviewed  the parties' briefs  and
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            the record on appeal.   There was neither error nor  abuse of

            discretion  in   the  district  court's   (i)  resolution  of

            appellant's  motion to  recuse and simultaneous  amendment of

            its previous order to correct its misapprehension that it had

            earlier  dismissed a certain defendant nor  (ii) denial of an

            enlargement of time  in which  to respond to  the show  cause

            order.

                 We conclude  that  the amended  complaint  was  properly

            dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, failure to

            state  a claim  upon which  relief  might be  granted, and/or

            failure to make service.

                 The judgment of dismissal is affirmed.
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