                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         For the Fifth Circuit

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                             No. 00-30962
                           Summary Calendar
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                      JAMES M. ROBERTSON, M.D.,

                                                  Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                VERSUS


                 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

                                                   Defendant-Appellee.

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            Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Middle District of Louisiana
                             (98-CV-463)
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                           March 16, 2001

Before DAVIS, JONES, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     For essentially the reasons stated by the district court in

its Ruling on Motion for Summary Judgment of January 18, 2000, we

affirm the district court’s judgment.

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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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