IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _______________ m 02-30338 _______________

SYLVESTER BLAZE, Plaintiff-Appellant, VERSUS UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND JOHN E. POTTER, Defendants-Appellees.

_________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (m 00-CV-2165) _________________________ August 28, 2002

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, ment in this action claiming race discrimina- and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. tion. His brief is almost unintelligible, but he claims he was treated differently from white PER CURIAM:* employees when he was fired by the United States Postal Service after striking another em- Sylvester Blaze appeals a summary judg- ployee. We affirm, essentially for the reasons given by the district court in its comprehensive Memorandum Ruling entered on February 28, * 2002.

Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has deter- mined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances The judgment is AFFIRMED. set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.