IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-40950
Conference Calendar
WILLIE R. HOUSTON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
WESLEY WARNER, Warden; S. BEMBERY;
S. LOWE; BELIA MENDIOLA; LESLIE WOODS,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. C-93-CV-367
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December 10, 1997
Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Willie Houston, Texas prisoner #629532, appeals from the
magistrate judge’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of
the defendants in Houston’s civil rights complaint. 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983; see 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). Houston argues that prison
officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical
needs when, on several occasions, they refused to issue him his
medication. We have reviewed the record and the briefs of the
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Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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parties, and we affirm the judgment for essentially the same
reasons set forth in the magistrate judge’s decision. See
Houston v. Warner et al., No. C-93-367 (S.D. Tex. Jul. 26, 1996);
see also 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e)(stating that no federal civil
action may be brought by a prisoner for mental or emotional
injury without a prior showing of physical injury).
AFFIRMED.