IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                             No. 96-11493
                           Summary Calendar


CHARLES MASON,

                                           Plaintiff-Appellant,

     v.

JIM BOWLES, Dallas County Sheriff; RANDY FARRIS, Dr, Health
Department Director; STEVEN BOWERS, Jail Medical Director; DALLAS
COUNTY OF,

                                           Defendants-Appellees.
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CHARLES MASON,

                                           Plaintiff-Appellant,

     v.

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff, Dallas County Texas,

                                           Defendant-Appellee.

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CHARLES MASON,

                                           Plaintiff-Appellant,

     v.

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff, Dallas County Texas,
RANDY FARRIS, Dr, STEVEN BOWERS,

                                           Defendants-Appellees.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Northern District of Texas
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                          October 27, 1997
Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Charles Mason appeals the summary-judgment dismissal of his

42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against defendants.   Mason contends that

defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical

needs.   We have reviewed the record and the briefs on appeal and

AFFIRM the magistrate judge’s grant of summary judgment for

essentially the same reasons articulated by the magistrate judge

in Mason v. Bowles, No. 3-95-CV-0136-BD (N.D. Tex. filed Nov. 4,

1996).

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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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


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