                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                           No. 99-10464
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     JERRY QUALLS,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                 v.

     LACKS FURNITURE CENTERS INC.,

                                         Defendant-Appelle.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Northern District of Texas
                          (5:98-CV-149)
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                        February 18, 2000

Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     AFFIRMED.   See 5TH CIR. R. 47.6.




     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
