                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                  Fifth Circuit
                                                               F I L E D
                 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                 January 28, 2005

                         _____________________             Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                   Clerk
                              No. 04-40894
                            Summary Calendar
                         _____________________


     DELTON SPREE,

                                      Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                     Defendant-Appellee.
         __________________________________________________

            Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Southern District of Texas
                        USDC No. 6:03-CV-107
         __________________________________________________

Before REAVLEY, JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     The judgment of the district court is affirmed for the

reasons given by the judge in his order of May 11, 2004.         Under

the Federal Tort Claims Act limitations barred this action six

months after the date of the Coast Guard’s denial letter on

September 20, 2002, but no suit was filed until September 5,

2003.

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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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