                          United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 96-4072
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Rodney Tyrone Hopkins,                   *
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             Appellant,                  * Appeal from the United States
                                         * District Court for the
      v.                                 * Eastern District of Missouri.
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Tannery West,                            *      [UNPUBLISHED]
                                         *
             Appellee.                   *
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                                 Submitted: June 27, 1997
                                     Filed: July 7, 1997
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Before BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Rodney Tyrone Hopkins appeals from the District Court's1 adverse grant of
summary judgment to Tannery West, Inc., in his Title VII action. After review of the
parties' briefs and the record, we conclude the District Court's judgment was correct.
Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.




      1
        The Honorable George F. Gunn, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
A true copy.

      Attest:

               CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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