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                                  No. 95-3447MN
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Randall H. Smith,                       *
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                   Appellant,           *
                                        *   Appeal from the United States
     v.                                 *   District Court for the District
                                        *   of Minnesota.
Shirley S. Chater,                      *
Commissioner of Social Security *       [UNPUBLISHED]
Administration, *
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                   Appellee.            *
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                          Submitted:    July 18, 1996

                               Filed: July 30, 1996
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Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.


     Randall H. Smith appeals the district court's grant of summary
judgment affirming the Commissioner's decision to deny Smith disability
insurance benefits.     After careful review of the parties' briefs and the
administrative record, we affirm for the reasons stated in the district
court's opinion.    See 8th Cir. R. 47B.


     A true copy.


              Attest:


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