
    David E. ELLIOTT, Jr., an incapacitated adult By and Through his guardian, Barbara V. ELLIOTT, Barbara V. Elliott, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 93-8027.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
    Nov. 8, 1994.
    H. Randolph Aderhold, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Macon, GA Vicki Raines Crowell, Dept, of the Army, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Benning, GA Lowell V. Stur-gill, Jr., Robert S. Greenspan, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant.
    Paul Van Kilpatrick, Max Reginald McGlamry, Charles Neal Pope, Columbus, GA, Wade H. Tomlinson, III, Michael L. McGlamry, Steven W. Saccoecia, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Atlanta, GA, for appellees.
    Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and FAY, Senior Circuit Judge.
    
      
       Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Fay elected to participate in this decision pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 46(c).
    
   PER CURIAM:

Prior Report: 13 F.3d 1555

The judges of the en banc court are equally divided on the proper disposition of this case. Therefore, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED by operation of law. See, e.g., Smith v. Zant, 887 F.2d 1407, 1408 (11th Cir.1989); Reshard v. Britt, 839 F.2d 1499 (11th Cir.1988).  