                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                            No. 96-20599
                         (Summary Calendar)
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JAN CHRISTOPHER,
                                                   Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                 versus


THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;
JESSE BROWN, Secretary,
                                                   Defendants-Appellees.


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            Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Southern District of Texas
                          Houston Division
                            (CA-H-95-453)
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                        February 19, 1997
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     In this employment case, Plaintiff-Appellant Jan Christopher

appeals   the   decision   of   the   magistrate   judge   that   granted

Defendants-Appellees’ motion for summary judgment.         Based on our

review of the record, the briefs submitted by the parties, and the

memorandum and order of the magistrate judge, we find, as did the

magistrate judge, that the record is devoid of evidence submitted


     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
by Christopher in opposition to Defendants-Appellees’ motion for

summary judgment.   In light of the conspicuous absence of any

opposing evidence, we conclude that the magistrate judge properly

granted Defendants-Appellees’ motion.   For the foregoing reasons,

we affirm the order of the district court in full.

AFFIRMED.




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