UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ______________________ No. 99-50458 ______________________ THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF STEVE WIMBERLY, doing business as Wimberly Erection Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus TIPS IRON & STEEL CO., INC., ET AL.

Defendants, BUFETE INDUSTRIAL, INC.; H J GROUP VENTURES, INC.; BUFETE INDUSTRIAL, INC./H J GROUP VENTURES, INC., a Joint Venture; FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants-Appellees.

_________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (W-98-CV-73) _________________________________________ February 4, 2000 Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, 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 R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.