Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
                                ____________________
       No. 97-1464
                                 DENNIS J. SOLOMON,
                                Plaintiff, Appellant,
                                         v.
                              KIMBERLY CHENEY, ET AL.,
                               Defendants, Appellees.
                                ____________________
                    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
                     [Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Judge]
                                ____________________
                                       Before
                               Selya, Boudin and Lynch,
                                   Circuit Judges.
                                ____________________
            Dennis J. Solomon on brief pro se.
            Carol 
                 A. 
                   Griffin, 
                            W
                             illiam T. Bogaert and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller
       on  Memorandum of  Law  in Support  of  Motion of  Defendant-Appellee,
       Kimberly Cheney, for Summary Affirmance.
                                ____________________
                                  November 14, 1997
                                ____________________

                 Per Curiam.   Pro se plaintiff Dennis Solomon appeals  a
            district  court judgment  that  dismissed  his  complaint  as
            frivolous 
                     under 28 U.S.C. S 1915(e)(2)(B).  Plaintiff is not a
            prisoner.  He did not seek to proceed in forma pauperis,  but
            rather 
                  paid 
                       the 
                          full 
                               fee 
                                   for filing his complaint.  Thus, it is
            not 
               entirely 
                        clear that the foregoing statute, which generally
            applies to  prisoners seeking to  proceed in forma  pauperis,
            applies 
                   to 
                      this 
                          case. 
                                 
                                 Nevertheless, having thoroughly reviewed
            the 
               record 
                      and 
                         the 
                             parties' briefs on appeal, this court agrees
            that the instant  action is frivolous and that plaintiff  can
            prove 
                 no 
                    set 
                       of 
                          facts 
                                that would entitle him to relief.  Nor do
            we see any merit to the plaintiff's unsupported claim of bias
            on the part of the district court.  Accordingly, the judgment
            of the district court is summarily affirmed.  See Local  Rule
            27.1.
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