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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lester MCGRONE, Appellant.
    No. 00-4039.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted Aug. 6, 2001.
    Filed Aug. 8, 2001.
    Before HANSEN, FAGG, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Lester McGrone appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during a search of McGrone’s car. Specifically, McGrone argues the court committed clear error when it credited a police officer’s testimony that he arrested McGrone for driving without a license before the search of his car. Having reviewed the record, we reject McGrone’s argument. See United States v. Jones, 254 F.3d 692, 694-95 (8th Cir.2001) (district court’s credibility determinations are “well-nigh unreviewable”); United States v. Snook, 88 F.3d 605, 607 (8th Cir.1996) (standard of review). In our view, the district court properly denied McGrone’s suppression motion because the car was searched incidental to McGrone’s arrest. See New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454, 460, 101 S.Ct. 2860, 69 L.Ed.2d 768 (1981); United States v. Dawdy, 46 F.3d 1427, 1430 (8th Cir.1995); United States v. Riedesel, 987 F.2d 1383, 1389 (8th Cir.1993). We thus affirm the district court.