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Tinna BELDIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRAVIS COUNTY; Stephen L. Williams, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 03-50531
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Dec. 29, 2003.
    Robert G. Lee, Haygood, Orr & Reyos, Arlington, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Eric Montgomery Shepperd, Alicia M. Lee, County Attorney’s Office, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before REAVLEY, JONES and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff Tinna Beldin filed a claim for compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 203. Without requesting or receiving wages, the plaintiff performed services to assist her mother, Sally Decker, who was employed by the Travis County Health & Human Services Department. The plaintiff provided no objective indicia of an employment relationship.

Travis County filed a motion for summary judgment. Pursuant to Rule 56(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the district coral; found that Travis County was entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. We affirm the decision of the district court as there was no evidence that the plaintiff should be considered an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The FLSA ought to be interpreted broadly, but it was “not intended to stamp all persons as employees, who, without any express or implied compensation agreement, might work for their own advantage on the premises of another.” Walling v. Portland Terminal Co., 330 U.S. 148, 152, 67 S.Ct. 689, 91 L.Ed. 809 (1947).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.