                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         for the Fifth Circuit

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                              No. 96-30709
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                             JAMES COLEMAN

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                VERSUS

                    RICHARD L. STALDER, Etc. Et Al,

                                                Defendants-Appellees

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
              for the Western District of Louisiana
                          (95-CV-1380-S)
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                        December 10, 1997

Before DAVIS, JONES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     AFFIRMED.    See Local Rule 47.6.




     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
