                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                              No. 98-20919
                            Summary Calendar
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LYNWOOD DALE KINDT; SANDRA ANN KINDT,

                                                   Plaintiffs-Appellants,

                                  versus

U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; RODNEY E. SLATER, Secretary of
Transportation, United States Department of Transportation,

                                                       Defendants-Appellees.


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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                           (H-97-CV-363)
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                               May 19, 1999

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

            The court has considered appellants’ position in light of

the briefs and pertinent portions of the record.             Having done so,

we   find   no   reversible   error   of   fact   or   law   and   affirm   for

essentially the reasons stated by the district court.

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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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