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                                     No. 96-1196
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In re: Calvin Lee Sale,                   *
                                          *
              Debtor,                     *
                                          *
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                                          *
Calvin Lee Sale,                          *   Appeal from the United States
                                          *   District Court for the
              Appellant,                  *   Southern District of Iowa.
                                          *
     v.                                   *   (UNPUBLISHED)
                                          *
U.S. Department of Education;             *
Iowa Student Aid Commission,              *
                                          *
              Appellees.                  *


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                        Submitted:   October 7, 1996

                            Filed:   October 15, 1996
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Before BEAM, HANSEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.


     Calvin Lee Sale appeals the district court's1 order dismissing his
bankruptcy appeal for failure to prosecute.        We conclude the district
court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Sale's appeal.
Accordingly, we affirm.         See 8th Cir. R. 47B.




     1
      The Honorable Harold D. Vietor, United States District
Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
A true copy.


     Attest:


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




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