Santini v. Hon. Gierbolini ( 1997 )

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
No. 96-2012
DOMONIC SANTINI,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
HONORABLE GILBERTO GIERBOLINI, ET AL.,
Defendants, Appellees.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
[Hon. Salvador E. Casellas, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Torruella, Chief Judge,
Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
Domonic Santini on brief pro se.
Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco and
Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorneys, and Jose A.
Quilles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for appellees.
June 4, 1997
Per Curiam. After carefully reviewing the record
and the parties' briefs, we hold that the district court did
not abuse its discretion in sua sponte dismissing the
complaint of appellant Domonic Santini. We add that nothing
in appellant's brief persuades us that allowing him to amend
the complaint would be anything but futile. See Shockley v.
Jones, 823 F.2d 1068, 1072-73 (7th Cir. 1987). We therefore
affirm the judgment of the district court essentially for the
reasons stated in its Opinion and Order, Santini v.
Gierbolini, 937 F.Supp. 130 (D.P.R. 1996).
Affirmed.
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