Janice W. Stevenson v. Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Inc.

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United States Court of Appeals
For the First Circuit
No. 03-1971
JANICE W. STEVENSON,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW AT ANDOVER, INC., 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, Circuit Judge,
Cyr and Stahl, Senior Circuit Judges.
Janice W. Stevenson on brief pro se.
Peter M. Malaguti on brief for appellees.
March 30, 2004

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Per Curiam. The order of dismissal is affirmed
substantially for the reasons recited in the district court's
opinion dated May 7, 2003. Plaintiff's claim under 42 U.S.C. §
1983 alleging a violation of her First Amendment rights plainly
fails for lack of state action. See, e.g., Rendell-Baker v. Kohn,
457 U.S. 830, 837-43 (1982); Logiodice v. Trustees of Maine Central
Inst., 296 F.3d 22, 26-29 (1st Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S.
1107 (2003); Krohn v. Harvard Law School, 552 F.2d 21, 23-24 (1st
Cir. 1977). Her remaining claims have not been pursued on appeal
and thus have been abandoned. See, e.g., Kearney v. Town of
Wareham, 316 F.3d 18, 22 (1st Cir. 2002). We add that the district
court's disposition of those claims appears unexceptionable in any
event.
Affirmed.

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