                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        For the Fifth Circuit

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                             No. 98-21144
                           Summary Calendar
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                        CHRISTOPHER RICHARDS,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                               VERSUS


  SEARIVER MARITIME FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC., formerly known as
      EXXON SHIPPING COMPANY, and SEARIVER MARITIME, INC.,

                                                   Defendant-Appellee.

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            Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Southern District of Texas
                           (H-96-CV-3909)
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                            June 30, 1999

Before DAVIS, DUHÉ, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     After carefully reviewing the record in this case, we affirm

for the reasons assigned by the district court in its Order of

November 12, 1998.

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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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