               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                            No. 00-20341
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          GARY PEAK, MIKE KIMBRO; JACQUELINE COGLEY,
          OSCAR FAVELLA

                                Plaintiffs-Appellants

          v.

          VARTEC TELECOM, INC

                                Defendant-Appellee

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                            No. 00-20409
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          GARY PEAK, MIKE KIMBRO; JACQUELINE COGLEY,
          OSCAR FAVELLA

                                Plaintiffs-Appellees

          v.

          VARTEC TELECOM, INC

                                Defendant-Appellant

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          Appeals from the United States District Court
           for the Southern District of Texas, Houston
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                         January 10, 2001

Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and DUHÉ, Circuit
Judges.
PER CURIAM:*

     The district court did not err in granting summary judgment

in favor of defendant-appellee Vartec Telecom, Inc., nor did the

district court abuse its discretion in refusing to award

attorney’s fees to Vartec.

     AFFIRMED.




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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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


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