United States Court of Appeals
                             FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                      No. 97-4324
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Johnnie L. Ruth,                         *
                                         *
          Appellant,                     *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                 * District Court for the
                                         * Eastern District of Arkansas.
Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the      *
Army,                                    * [UNPUBLISHED]
                                         *
          Appellee.                      *
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                           Submitted: August 4, 1998
                               Filed: August 10, 1998
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Before FAGG, BEAM, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

        Johnnie L. Ruth appeals the district court&s1 adverse grant of summary judgment
in this employment discrimination action. We have carefully reviewed the record and
the parties& briefs, and conclude that the district court did not err. Accordingly, we
affirm the judgment of the district court for the reasons set forth in its opinion. See 8th
Cir. R. 47B.



      1
       The Honorable William R. Wilson, Jr., United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas.
A true copy.

      Attest:

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




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