                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       for the Fifth Circuit

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                            No. 97-30760
                          Summary Calendar
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                           STEVE DURKIN,

                                              Plaintiff-Appellant,

                              VERSUS


               STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,

                                               Defendant-Appellee.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
              for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                           (96-CV-2577)
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                           April 3, 1998

Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     For reasons assigned by the district court in its thorough

order and reasons entered June 27, 1997, the judgment of the

district court is AFFIRMED.




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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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