[PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT MAR 07 2000 No. 97-2428 THOMAS K. KAHN ________________________ CLERK D. C. Docket No. 96-00865-CIV-ORL-19 ROSARIO DONATO, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _________________________ (March 7, 2000)

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, BLACK, Circuit Judge, and HOEVELER*, Senior District Judge.** PER CURIAM:

*Honorable William M. Hoeveler, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, sitting by designation.

**Chief Judge R. Lanier Anderson, III, did not participate in this decision. This decision is rendered by a quorum. 28 U.S.C. § 46(d).

We affirm the district court's dismissal of Appellant's complaint on the basis of the opinion rendered by the Supreme Court of Florida, Donato v. AT& T Co., No. SC93534 (Fla. Jan. 20, 2000).

AFFIRMED.