UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

ORLANDO F. RODRIGUEZ,
Plaintiff - Appellant,	No. 97-2084
v.	(D.C. No. CIV -96-1550-JP)
STATE OF NEW MEXICO,	(D. New Mexico)
Defendant - Appellee.

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before BALDOCK, McKAY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

After examining the briefs and the appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously to grant the parties' request for a decision on the briefs without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(f); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

Plaintiff, a citizen of New Mexico, appeals an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico dismissing his section 1983 action for damages against the State of New Mexico because of Eleventh Amendment immunity.

We affirm for the reasons given by the trial court in its Order of Dismissal filed January 15, 1997.

AFFIRMED.

Entered for the Court

Monroe G. McKay

Circuit Judge