UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS For the Fifth Circuit

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No. 01-30609 No. 01-30682 ___________________________

GERARD MENDONCA,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

VERSUS

TIDEWATER, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans 00-CV-2284-C ___________________________________________________ March 7, 2002

Before ALDISERT,* DAVIS, and PARKER, Circuit Judges

PER CURIAM:**

We affirm the judgment of the district court essentially for

the reasons stated by the district court in its Orders and Reasons

of March 21 and April 9, 2001 and by the magistrate judge in his

Minute Entry of April 18, 2001.

* Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation. ** Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4. Plaintiff-Appellant asserts an additional argument on appeal.

He now seeks to assert state law claims based on diversity

jurisdiction. Even if we were to consider this argument, raised

for the first time on appeal, Plaintiff-Appellant did not allege

facts in the district court sufficient to trigger diversity

jurisdiction.

The judgment of the district court is therefore AFFIRMED.