                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                                No. 99-60117
                       Lower Ct. No. 3:98-CV-151-LN
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                            ALMA JEAN COPELAND,

                                                      Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                  versus

                UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF MISSISSIPPI,

                                                     Defendant-Appellant.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
             for the Southern District of Mississippi
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                         February 9, 2000

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JONES, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit
Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

              The court has carefully considered this appeal in light

of the parties’ briefs, oral argument, and pertinent portions of

the record.      Having done so we find no reversible error of fact or

law.       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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
