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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-31097

Summary Calendar

ANDRES M. LANDOR, on behalf of Minor Child, J. L.;

LAVERN LANDOR, on behalf of Minor Child, J.L.

Plaintiffs - Appellants

v.

SOCIETY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE DIOCESE OF 

LAFAYETTE; TEURLINGS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, INCORPORATED; 

MICHAEL BOYER; ROBERT BAUDIER; TIFFANY DUGAS; ELIZABETH 

MENARD; STEPHEN BAJAT; LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH 

CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT; XYZ INSURANCE; A B C INSURANCE; 

L M N INSURANCE; JAMES P. CRAFT,

Defendants - Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Louisiana

USDC No. 6:13-CV-2759

Before JOLLY, PRADO, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Andres and Lavern Landor (“Plaintiffs”) sued various defendants 

alleging racial discrimination in violation of various federal statutes (together 

 

* 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

July 9, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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with pendent state claims) as a result of actions involving their daughter, J. 

L., who was on the JV cheer squad at Teurlings Catholic High School. As a 

result of an investigation spawned by the events at Teurlings, difficulties arose 

involving Andres Landor, an employee of the Lafayette City Parish police 

department, and claims were made in that regard as well. After an amended

complaint and two supplemental complaints were filed, all of the served 

defendants1 filed motions to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

12(b)(6). 

The district court referred the motions to the magistrate judge who 

issued a detailed and comprehensive Report and Recommendation, which was 

adopted with clarifications by the district court. The result of the district 

court’s judgment was to grant the motions to dismiss, dismissing all federal 

claims with prejudice and declining to then exercise jurisdiction over the 

pendent state claims, dismissing them without prejudice.

We have carefully reviewed the Report and Recommendation, the 

district court’s Memorandum Ruling with its accompanying order and 

judgment, and the pertinent portions of the record in light of the parties’ 

briefing. We AFFIRM for substantially the same reasons reflected in the 

district court’s Memorandum Ruling and underlying Report and 

Recommendation.

 

1 Plaintiffs also named “ABC Insurance Company,” “LMN Insurance Company,” and 

“XYZ Insurance Company” as the insurers of Teurlings, Lafayette Parish, and the Diocese,

respectively, presumably pursuant to the Louisiana Direct Action Statute. See La. Rev. Stat. 

§ 22:1269(B). These companies are apparently fictitious as named, no allegations were made 

against them, the proper insurance companies were never substituted, and no such company 

was ever served. Accordingly, their lack of mention in the district court’s judgment does not 

prevent that judgment from being final for purposes of this appeal. Fed. Savs. & Loan Ins. 

Corp. v. Tullos-Pierremont, 894 F.2d 1469, 1473 (5th Cir. 1990)(“[W]here a judgment of 

dismissal is rendered as to all served defendants and only unserved, nonappearing 

defendants remain, the judgment is final and . . . appealable under section 1291 . . . .”) It 

appears that the district court’s intent, implied from its judgment, was to dispose of all 

pending claims.

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AFFIRMED.

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