                 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                            No. 97-30670
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CHARLES ROGERS, MD,

                           Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee,

                              versus

COLUMBIA/HCA OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA,
INCORPORATED, D/B/A RAPIDIES REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL.,
                          Defendants,

COLUMBIA/HCA OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA,
INCORPORATED, D/B/A RAPIDIES REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER, ET. AL.,

                        Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

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          Appeals from the United States District Court
              for the Western District of Louisiana
                           (96-CV-2839)
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                          March 25, 1998
Before REAVLEY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

          The court has carefully considered this appeal in light

of the oral argument, briefs and pertinent portions of the record.

Having done so, we find, with one technical exception, that the


     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
district court’s conscientious and careful disposition of this case

should be affirmed.   The district court committed one small error,

in denying an award of costs other than attorneys’ fees to the

appellees as prevailing parties pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d).

          Accordingly, the judgment is AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED to tax

non-attorney costs against the appellant and in favor of appellees.

          AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.




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