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          July 12, 1996         [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 96-1163
        No. 96-1164

                                ALFRED A. GALLANT, II,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                             MAINE STATE PRISON, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.
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                    APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

                 [Hon. Francis J. Boyle, Senior U.S. District Judge]*
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        No. 96-1617


                               ALFRED A. GALLANT, JR.,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                                  FRANCIS J. BOYLE,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

                 [Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr., U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Alfred A. Gallant, II on briefs pro se.
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            Andrew  Ketterer, Attorney  General, and Christopher  C. Leighton,
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        Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellees Maine State Prison,
        et al.

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        *Of the District of Rhode Island, sitting by designation.














































                 Per Curiam.  In Nos. 96-1163  and 96-1164, the judgments
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            are  affirmed substantially  for the  reasons recited  by the
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            district court in its January 16, 1996 decision.  See Loc. R.
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            27.1.  We add only that the amended complaint also falters by

            failing  to  draw  a   sufficient  link  between  the  wrongs

            allegedly suffered by plaintiff and the actions of  the named

            defendants.   The  motions to  proceed in  forma  pauperis on
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            appeal and for appointment of counsel are denied.  The motion
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            for recusal of Chief Judge Torruella is denied as moot.  
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                 In No.  96-1617, the judgment  is affirmed substantially
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            for  the reasons recited by the magistrate-judge in his April

            15,  1996  report,  which  the  district  court  subsequently

            adopted.  See Loc. R. 27.1.
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                 So ordered.
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