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PURVIS v. PONTE

No. 90-1884.

929 F.2d 822 (1991)

Kevin C. PURVIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Joseph PONTE, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin C. Purvis, on brief pro se.

James M. Shannon, Atty. Gen. and Judy G. Zeprun, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., on brief for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Pro se prisoner Kevin Purvis appeals from a district court order dismissing his civil rights complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d).1 Purvis sought declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief for alleged violations of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment while he was incarcerated at the Old Colony Corrections Center. While not precisely articulated, the gravamen of the complaint...

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