Polis v. Weld ( 1997 )

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 97-1934 WILLIAM J. POLIS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WILLIAM WELD, ET AL., Defendants - Appellees. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Joseph L. Tauro, U.S. District Judge] Before Torruella, Chief Judge, Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges. Paul S. Hughes for appellant. Lucy A. Wall, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, was on brief for appellee. December 18, 1997 Per Curiam. After full consideration of the parties' Per Curiam briefs and the record provided for our review, we conclude that the district court properly granted the defendant-appellees' motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We reach this conclusion substantially for the reasons stated by the district court. Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1. Costs to appellees. Fed. R. App. P. 39(a). -2-