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G. Allen PRICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARRAH’S MARKETING SERVICE CORPORATION; Harrah’s Lake Charles, LLC; Harrah’s Lake Charles, LLC, as successor to Players Lake Charles, LLC; Players Lake Charles, LLC; Harrah’s Star Partnership; Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.; Harrah’s Shreveport Bossier City Holding Company, LLC; Harrah’s Shreveport Bossier City Investment Company, LLC; Harrah’s Shreveport Investment Company, LLC; Harrah’s Shreveport Management Company, LLC; Harrah’s Bossier City Investment Company, LLC; Harrah’s Bossier City Management Company, LLC; Harrah’s New Orleans Management Company; Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.; Sam’s Limousine Service, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 03-20988.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Oct. 15, 2004.
    Michael Martin Essmyer, Essmyer & Tritico, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    David O. Stewart, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, Mark O. Midani, Midani & Associates, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before GARWOOD, JOLLY, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

At issue is a 29 August 2003 final judgment. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) (failure to state a claim), the district court dismissed Price’s claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a)-(d). Price’s maritime law claim was dismissed pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) (lack of subject matter jurisdiction) and, in the alternative, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6). The district court declined to exercise its supplemental jurisdiction over Price’s state law claims, see 28 U.S.C. 1441(c)(2004); they were dismissed without prejudice.

Price’s 24 September 2008 notice of appeal from the 29 August 2008 final judgment does not include the 29 October 2003 denial of Price’s 8 September 2003 Rule 59(a) “Plaintiffs Motion for Reconsideration (New Trial) and Motion for Leave to Amend Pleadings”. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(4)(B)(ii). Therefore, as stated, only the 29 August 2003 final judgment is at issue.

For essentially the reasons stated by the district court in its comprehensive and well-reasoned opinion, entered 29 August 2003, the judgment is

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.