                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         for the Fifth Circuit

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                              No. 97-40251
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                           JAMES D. ROBBINS,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                VERSUS

                  JOHN DALTON, Secretary of the Navy,

                                                  Defendant-Appellee

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                          (C-95-CV-635)
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                        December 10, 1997

Before DAVIS, JONES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     After reviewing the record in this case, we are satisfied that

the district court committed no legal error and that its judgment

should be affirmed.

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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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