Botts v. Pruitt

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No.95-60115 Summary Calendar ROBERT WALKER BOTTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DERRICK PRUITT, Individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Lee County, ED CRIDER, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Lee County, and LEE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court For the Northern District of Mississippi (1:94-CV-73) (October 6, 1995) Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, JOLLY and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* This matter is before the court on appeal by Robert Walker Botts of an adverse summary judgment rejecting his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action and the district court’s dismissal of his state law claims for lack of jurisdiction. Finding no error, and for the reasons assigned in the Memorandum Opinion by the district court rendered and entered on January 30, 1995, * Local rule 47.5 provides: “The publication of opinions that have no precedential value and merely decide particular cases on the basis of well-settled principles of law imposes needless expense on the public and burdens on the legal profession.” Pursuant to that Rule, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published. the judgment appealed is AFFIRMED. 2