                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                                        No. 99-31012
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                                     CYNTHIA FARQUE

                                                                           Plaintiff - Appellant,

                                              versus

                 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                                 Defendant - Appellee.
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               Appeal from the United States District Court
                  for the Western District of Louisiana
                             (6:99-CV-601)
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                                       December 8, 2000

Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

       AFFIRMED. See 5th Circuit 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
