Burns v. Lynn

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 96-31189 Summary Calendar LESLIE BURNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus BRUCE LYNN, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF LOUISIANA; JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY; MARTIN REGEL; LESLIE DUPONT, Major; CHARLES CRAIN; BERT DUCOTE, Doctor; CALVIN BATISTE; STANLEY GRIFFIN; FOSTER ANDREWS, Security Major; DONNIE PARKER; ROBERT E. SCHOTT, Defendants-Appellees. - - - - - - - - - - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana USDC No. 90-CV-941-A-1 - - - - - - - - - - May 12, 1998 Before WIENER, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Plaintiff-Appellant Leslie Burns appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants on Burns’s claims, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendants violated his constitutional rights by intentionally forcing him to perform work duties that they knew would significantly aggravate his back condition. Burns has also filed * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. No. 96-31189 -2- a motion for an order of production of medical records and a motion for an order to supplement the record with these medical records, or, in the alternative, to remand and stay the instant appeal. We generally review a grant of summary judgment de novo. Green v. Touro Infirmary, 992 F.2d 537, 538 (5th Cir. 1993). Here, however, despite the magistrate judge’s warning, Burns failed to object to any of the factual findings, conclusions of law, or recommendations contained in the magistrate judge’s report, which was adopted by the district court in granting summary judgment for the defendants. Accordingly, we review Burns’s appeal from the summary judgment for plain error. See Douglass v. United Serv. Auto. Assoc., 79 F.3d 1415, 1428-29 (5th Cir. 1996)(en banc). “Under the plain error standard, we may exercise our discretion to correct errors that seriously affect the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings if the appellant shows clear or obvious error that affects his substantial rights.” United States v. McPhail, 112 F.3d 197, 199 (5th Cir. 1997) (citation omitted). After closely examining the record, and considering the parties’ arguments, we can discern no plain error in the district court’s ruling. Accordingly, Burns’s motions are denied, and the district court’s grant of summary judgment is affirmed. AFFIRMED; MOTIONS DENIED.