                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                               No. 99-31045
                       Civil Docket #96-CV-3737-I
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DAVID JONES,

                                                      Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                  versus

ST. TAMMANY PARISH JAIL; ET AL,

                                                               Defendants,
RODNEY STRAIN, Sheriff,

                                                     Defendant-Appellant.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Eastern District of Louisiana
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                          October 31, 2000

Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

           The court has carefully considered this appeal in light

of the briefs, oral arguments, and pertinent portions of the

record.   Having done so, we find no reversible error of fact or law

and so affirm the judgment of the district court.             In so doing,

however, we also strongly disapprove of the rhetorical excess

employed by plaintiff’s counsel while in trial.          There is no place


     *
            Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
in the federal courts for appeals based on racial stereotypes or

prejudices, nor is there a place for suggesting inferences about

witnesses’ conduct that are not rooted in the record.

          AFFIRMED.




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