UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifth Circuit
No. 01-30916
Summary Calendar
VINCENT BATISTE, SR.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
FINA OIL COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants,
FINA OIL COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Middle District of Louisiana
(00-CV-203-D)
January 28, 2002
Before DeMOSS, PARKER, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Vincent Batiste, Sr. (“Batiste”), an African-American male,
brought suit against Harmony Corporation (“Harmony”), his actual
*
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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under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.
employer, and against Fina Oil and Chemicals Company (“Fina”), his
statutory employer, alleging that the defendants violated the
plaintiff’s civil rights guaranteed to him by 42 U.S.C. § 1981.
Both defendants moved for summary judgment and the district court
granted such motions and dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint.
Plaintiff appeals.
We have carefully reviewed the briefs, the reply brief, the
record excerpts, and relevant portions of the record itself. For
the reasons stated by the district court in its ruling on motion
for summary judgment filed under date of July 6, 2001, we affirm
the final judgment in favor of the defendants filed herein on July
6, 2001.
AFFIRMED.
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