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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            United States Court of Appeals
                                For the First Circuit

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          No. 95-2347

                                   WILLIAM BENNETT,

                                Plaintiff - Appellant,

                                          v.

                                   PETER O'MALLEY,

                                Defendant - Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                     [Hon. William G. Young, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                              Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.
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               Valeriano Diviacchi,  with whom Diviacchi Law  Office was on
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          brief for appellant.
               Ronald  Kovner, with  whom  Christopher J.  Muse and  Merita
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          Hopkins were on brief for appellee.
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                                    June 18, 1997
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                    Per  Curiam.   Upon full  consideration of  the record,
                    Per  Curiam.
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          briefs and argument  of counsel,  we affirm the  decision of  the

          district court on the basis of  its rulings on October 24 and 25,

          1995, on Defendant's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law.

                    We believe  that appellant's contentions  on appeal are

          completely without merit.  Because we find this to be a frivolous

          appeal, we order  appellant's counsel  to show  cause within  ten

          days  of  the  issuance of  this  opinion  why  double costs  and

          attorney's fees  on appeal  should not  be assessed  against him.

          See Fed. R. App. P. 38; 28 U.S.C.   1927.
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                    Affirmed.
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