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Levi WOODERTS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheri TALLEY, Doctor; Joseph Casal; Lannette Linthicum, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 05-50424.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Oct. 12, 2006.
    
      Levi Wooderts, Jr., Seagoville, TX, pro se.
    Jason E. Magee, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Levi Wooderts, Jr., formerly Texas prisoner # 549210 and now federal prisoner #29639-077, appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in favor of Dr. Sheri Talley and dismissing his claims against Joseph Casal and Lannette Linthicum for failing to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Wooderts has briefed no claim of error with respect to the dismissal of his claims against Casal and Linthicum. Any argument of error regarding the dismissal of his claims against those defendants is abandoned. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir.1993).

Wooderts argues that the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Talley with respect to his claim that she was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. Wooderts has failed to show that Talley was deliberately indifferent however. Absent exceptional circumstances, his disagreement with her specific courses of treatment is insufficient to raise a viable claim under § 1983. Banuelos v. McFarland, 41 F.3d 232, 235 (5th Cir.1995); Vamado v. Lynaugh, 920 F.2d 320, 321 (5th Cir.1991).

Wooderts also argues that the district court erred by refusing to conduct a de novo review of the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation, after he timely filed objections thereto. Wooderts is correct that his objections were timely filed and that de novo review was thus triggered. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R.Crv.P. 6(a). However, Wooderts has not demonstrated reversible error, as he has failed to show that he was prejudiced by the lack of de novo review by the district court. See Kreimerman v. Casa Veerkamp, S.A., de C.V., 22 F.3d 634, 646-47 (5th Cir.1994).

Wooderts last argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to compel discovery. “The district court need not allow any discovery unless it finds that plaintiff has supported his claim with sufficient precision and factual specificity to raise a genuine issue as to the illegality of defendant’s conduct at the time of the alleged acts.” Schultea v. Wood, 47 F.3d 1427, 1434 (5th Cir.1995) (en banc). Wooderts did not meet that initial burden; therefore, the district court’s discovery ruling was not an abuse of discretion. See Gomez v. St. Jude Med. Daig Div. Inc., 442 F.3d 919, 927 (5th Cir.2006).

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.