                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        For the Fifth Circuit

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                             No. 98-20299
                           Summary Calendar
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                    NORTHFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellee,

                               VERSUS


   RODNEY PININA; CRAIG KEHRER; GERALD T. CASHIOLA; ANDREW F.
                  CASHIOLA; SANDRA K. CASHIOLA,

                                              Defendants-Appellants.

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            Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Southern District of Texas
                           (CA-H-97-2176)
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                         Septmeber 17, 1998

Before DAVIS, DUHÉ, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     We affirm the judgment of the district court on the basis of

its comprehensive Memorandum and Order of March 16, 1998.

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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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