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The district court dismissed the plaintiff's action without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction due to Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The court subsequently denied the plaintiff's motion to appeal in forma pauperis, finding the appeal lacked merit.
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