UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifth Circuit
No. 97-30720
Summary Calendar
ROBERT P. ROUGEAU
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., LLOYD DAIGLE,
JAKE LIPARI, UNIDENTIFIED PARTY
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of Louisiana
(96-CV-3205-N)
December 24, 1997
Before DUHÉ, DeMOSS and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:1
Appellant Rougeau sued his employer and others alleging denial
of employment benefits and wrongful discharge. His claims were
dismissed by the district court by the granting of several motions
for summary judgment. Appellant appeals contending that the
district court erred in concluding that the decision by the benefit
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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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under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.
plan’s Administrator was supported by adequate evidence, and by
concluding that the Labor Management Relations Act precluded his
claims for breach of the collective bargaining agreement by his
union and Defendants. Appellant also complains of the court’s
refusal to permit an amendment to his pleadings, and of its
reliance on decisions of this court he considers to have been
wrongly decided.
We have carefully examined the briefs, record and the district
court’s carefully crafted Order and Reasons of January 4, 1997 and
of June 25, 1997. We find no error or abuse of discretion by the
district court and affirm essentially for the reasons she carefully
articulated in her two referenced rulings.
AFFIRMED.
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