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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

April 1, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-40770

Summary Calendar

 

SIE JOE LANN,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

JAMES MAXWELL,

Defendant-Appellee.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. L-01-CV-28

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Before SMITH, DeMOSS, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Sie Joe Lann filed a notice of appeal following the dismissal,

for lack of federal jurisdiction, of his action against a court

reporter for allegedly breaching a contract to provide various

transcripts related to Lann’s second-degree murder trial and

conviction. Lann’s styled his action as one brought pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Because the district court did not enter a judgment on a

separate document as required by FED. R. CIV. P. 58, Lann’s notice

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of appeal, filed more than two months after the district court

signed the order dismissing the action, is timely as to that order.

See FED. R. CIV. P. 58(b)(2).

Lann’s pleadings and exhibits reveal that his complaint did

not allege a constitutional violation or otherwise establish a

federal question that would confer federal jurisdiction on the

district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. See Rheuark v. Shaw, 628

F.2d 297, 302-03 (5th Cir. 1980). The district court’s judgment is

AFFIRMED.

Lann’s motion to amend the record is DENIED.

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED; MOTION DENIED.

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