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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
________________________ FILED
U.S. COURT OF
APPEALS
No. 04-14790
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Non-Argument Calendar MAY 10, 2005
________________________ THOMAS K. KAHN
CLERK
D. C. Docket No. 01-08837-CV-KLR
CHARLES VAVRUS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
JOSEPH RUSSO,
MARK HENDRICKSON, et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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( May 10, 2005 )
Before CARNES, MARCUS and COX, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Charles Vavrus filed this civil action against the City of Palm Beach Gardens
and various officials of the City. The amended complaint asserts three claims under
42 U.S.C. § 1983: (1) an Equal Protection claim; (2) a substantive due process claim;
and (3) a conspiracy claim grounded in the two substantive claims. The district court
granted the defendants summary judgment on the merits on all three claims. Vavrus
appeals, contending that the court erroneously granted summary judgment on each
claim.
The district court's detailed opinion concludes that the Equal Protection claims
lack merit because the Plaintiff produced no evidence that he was treated differently
from similarly situated persons. (R.1-176 at 27-29.) We find no reversible error in
that determination. We also agree that the substantive due process claims lack merit,
and find no reversible error in the district court's determination that the claims are
meritless. (Id. at 29-31.) And, the conspiracy claims were properly dismissed
because they were grounded in substantive constitutional claims that are meritless.
AFFIRMED.
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