                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                            No. 01-31267
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                    Timothy C. WHISTINE; et al.,

                                             Plaintiffs,

                        Timothy C. WHISTINE,

                                             Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                 V.

                   KILPATRICK LIFE INSURANCE CO.,

                                             Defendant-Appellee.


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            Appeal from the United States District Court
                For the Western District of Louisiana
                              (00-CV-61)
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                           March 28, 2002

Before DAVIS, BENAVIDES and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Plaintiff appeals the district court’s grant of summary

judgment in favor of defendant on his claims that the defendant,

plaintiff’s former employer, discriminated against plaintiff on



     *
      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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the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.
the basis of disability and religion.   We affirm the district

court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendant essentially

for the reasons stated in the district court’s opinion of

September 25, 2001.



AFFIRMED.




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