                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         for the Fifth Circuit

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                             No. 96-30598
                           Summary Calendar

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                           GLENN J. LEJEUNE,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                VERSUS

               AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC.; JERRY KAYWOOD,

                                               Defendants-Appellees.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                           (95-CV-2600-R)
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                         November 19, 1996
Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:1

     We affirm the judgment of the district court based on that

part of the court’s order and reasons of May 2, 1996, concluding

that: 1) Avondale Industries, Inc., gave a racially neutral reason

for LeJeune's discharge; 2) Avondale’s neutral reason for LeJeune’s

discharge was not shown by LeJeune’s summary judgment evidence to

be pretextual.

     AFFIRMED.



     1
          Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
