               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                            No. 95-60640
                          Summary Calendar



      KENNETH RAKESTRAW

                     Plaintiff - Appellant


      v.

      CARPENTER COMPANY

                     Defendant - Appellee


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           Appeal from the United States District Court
             for the Northern District of Mississippi
                         (1:94-CV-247-S-D)
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                            July 1, 1996

Before KING, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:*

      Kenneth Rakestraw appeals the summary judgment dismissing

his claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C.

§§ 12101-12213.   He argues that the district court improperly

held that his temporary injury did not constitute a disability

under the ADA, and, alternatively, that he was regarded as having



  *
     Pursuant to Local Rule 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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 Local Rule 47.5.4.
a disability by his employer, whether or not his injury

constituted a disability under the statute.   We have reviewed the

record and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible

error.   Accordingly, we affirm for the same reasons given by the

district court.   Rakestraw v. Carpenter Co., No. 94-CV-247 (N.D.

Miss. Sept. 29, 1995).

     AFFIRMED.




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