UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ____________

No. 99-50031 ____________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel, RON WEDDINGTON,

Plaintiff-Appellant, versus SCOTT & WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; SCOTT & WHITE CLINIC; SCOTT, SHERWOOD AND BRINDLEY, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (W-98-CV-208)

November 8, 1999

Before KING, Chief Judge, and REYNALDO G. GARZA and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* AFFIRMED. See 5th Cir. R. 47.6.

* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.