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HATCH v. DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES

No. 01-1442.

274 F.3d 12 (2001)

Richard H. HATCH, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES (State of Rhode Island), Defendant, Appellee, Steven Brown and Mary McKee, Proposed Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Palumbo, Jr., for appellant.

Linn F. Freedman, Deputy Chief, Civil Division, with whom Sheldon Whitehouse, Attorney General, State of Rhode Island, was on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SARIS, District Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case comes before us following the district court's entry of summary judgment adverse to plaintiff-appellant Richard H. Hatch, Jr., and the court's concomitant refusal to grant leave to amend. On appeal, Hatch challenges only the latter ruling. Concluding, as we do, that amendment would be futile because the qualified immunity of the prospective defendant would render nugatory the proposed amended complaint, we affirm.

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