                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                              No. 99-30148
                            Summary Calendar
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                             COREY WICKER,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                VERSUS

                      FORD MOTOR COMPANY; et. al;

                                                            Defendants,

                          FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                                                    Defendant-Appellee.

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            Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                             (98-CV-166)
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                            August 9, 1999

Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     The judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED for essentially

the reasons stated in the District Court’s Order and Reasons dated

January 20th, 1999.




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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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