UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

RON THOMPSON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

No. 97-4066
v.	(D. Utah)
NUCOR CORPORATION,

a Delaware corporation, doing business in Box Elder County, Utah,

Defendant - Appellee.	(D.C. No. 96-CV-102-C)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before ANDERSON, BALDOCK, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

The dispositive question on appeal in this case is whether the district court abused its discretion by denying plaintiff's oral motion to amend the complaint to assert a claim for wrongful discharge on the basis that the employer allegedly demanded that the plaintiff act in violation of public policy.1

Upon careful review of the record and the briefs and arguments of counsel, we conclude that the district court did not err. The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. Appellee's motion for sanctions on appeal is denied.

ENTERED FOR THE COURT

Stephen H. Anderson

Circuit Judge