United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _____________

No. 97-2101WA _____________

United States of America, * * Appellee, * * v. * * Dewaine Summerhill, * * Appellant. *

_____________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western No. 97-2102WA District of Arkansas. _____________ [UNPUBLISHED] United States of America, * * Appellee, * * v. * * Robert Patrick Hickey, * * Appellant. * _____________

Submitted: December 9, 1997 Filed: December 17, 1997 _____________

Before FAGG, BEAM, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. _____________

PER CURIAM.

Dewaine Summerhill and Robert Patrick Hickey appeal their fraud-related convictions. Summerhill and Hickey contend the district court improperly denied their motions for a continuance to prepare for trial. Additionally, Summerhill raises contentions related to the district court's refusal to grant Summerhill's motion for a separate trial and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdicts. A review of the record shows the parties' claims are without merit. Because the appeal involves the straightforward application of settled principles of law, a discussion will serve no useful purpose. We thus affirm the convictions of Summerhill and Hickey without an extended opinion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest:

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

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