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No. 96-1196 ___________

In re: Calvin Lee Sale, * * Debtor, * * ----------------- * * Calvin Lee Sale, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Appellant, * Southern District of Iowa. * v. * (UNPUBLISHED) * U.S. Department of Education; * Iowa Student Aid Commission, * * Appellees. *

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Submitted: October 7, 1996

Filed: October 15, 1996 ___________

Before BEAM, HANSEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Calvin Lee Sale appeals the district court's1 order dismissing his bankruptcy appeal for failure to prosecute. We conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Sale's appeal. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

1 The Honorable Harold D. Vietor, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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