Cassell v. State of NH ( 1996 )

USCA1 Opinion

          May 15, 1996

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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        No. 95-2158





                                  JEROME E. CASSELL,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                           STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE



                    [Hon. Paul J. Barbadoro, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                 Selya, Cyr and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Jerome E. Cassell on brief pro se.
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                      Per  Curiam.  On a review of the complaint under 28
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            U.S.C.      1915(d),   the  district   court  dismissed   the



            "retaliatory  transfer" claims  because they  were frivolous.



            We are satisfied that there  was no abuse of discretion since



            the complaint's  allegations cannot  support an inference  of



            unlawful retaliation or conspiracy.   Reviewing the dismissal



            of appellant's other claims de novo, we find no error in  the
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            jurisdictional  dismissal  of  the  claims   challenging  the



            conditions of appellant's Virginia confinement and, following



            an opportunity to amend, the dismissal  with prejudice of the



            claims alleging  a deprivation  of, or denial  of access  to,



            personal  property  and  legal  materials.    See  Denton  v.
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            Hernandez,  504 U.S.  25, 34 (1992);  Forte v.  Sullivan, 935
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            F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1991).



                      Affirmed.
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