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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 06-12215 OCTOBER 5, 2006 Non-Argument Calendar THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK

D. C. Docket No. 04-00159-CV-4 ARNOLD KARP, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

(October 5, 2006)

Before TJOFLAT, BLACK and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: The judgement of the district court, entered pursuant to the court’s comprehensive order of March 8, 2006, is affirmed. For the reasons thoroughly stated in that order, appellant’s federal claims lack merit, and appellant’s state law claims are preempted by ERISA.

AFFIRMED.