Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-1813

                                   ANTHONY JACKSON,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                 ANN COWELL, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                      [Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Selya, Boudin and Lynch,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Anthony Jackson on brief pro se.
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            Nancy  Ankers  White,  Special  Assistant  Attorney  General,  and
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        Richard  C.  McFarland,  Senior  Litigation  Attorney,  Department  of
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        Correction, on brief for appellees.

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                                   January 31, 1997
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                      Per  Curiam.     Plaintiff brought  a civil  action
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            under 42 U.S.C.    1983, alleging that he was  transferred to

            Old Colony  Correctional Center ("OCCC")  in retaliation  for

            his litigation activities, and  that prison officials at OCCC

            interfered in  various ways  with his  access to  the courts.

            Following substantial discovery,  the magistrate  recommended

            granting defendants' motion  for summary judgment.  Plaintiff

            objected,  and  the  district  judge undertook  an  extensive

            review.  In a detailed memorandum opinion the court concluded

            that plaintiff's proof  failed to create  a genuine issue  of

            fact as to  one or more of the elements  necessary to sustain

            each of his claims. 

                      Upon  a  de novo  review  of the  judgment  and the
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            issues raised in the parties' briefs, we affirm substantially
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            for  the reasons stated in the district court's opinion.  See
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            Loc. R. 27.1.

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