United States Court of Appeals
                        FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                             No. 97-1868
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Valerie Townes,              *
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         Appellant,          *
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Appeal from the United States
    v.                       *
District Court for the
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Eastern District of Missouri.
Platke & Berkowitz,          *
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[UNPUBLISHED]
         Appellee.           *
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                                     Submitted: October 1, 1997
                                             Filed: October 10,
1997
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Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

    Valerie Townes brought this employment discrimination
action against Platke & Berkowitz. The district court1
dismissed her complaint on the ground that Platke &
Berkowitz was not an “employer” for purposes of Title
VII. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(b). Townes appeals. After
careful review of the record, we affirm for the reasons
stated in the district court&s order dated December 3,
1996. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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       The HONORABLE DONALD J. STOHR, United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Missouri.
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A true copy.

      Attest:

               CLERK, U. S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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