Case Name: Oliver MARTIN, Jr. and Joseph White, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank BLACKBURN, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1978-09-27
Citations: 581 F.2d 94
Docket Number: No. 77-3149
Parties: Oliver MARTIN, Jr. and Joseph White, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank BLACKBURN, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 581
Pages: 94–94

Head Matter:
Oliver MARTIN, Jr. and Joseph White, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank BLACKBURN, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 77-3149
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 27, 1978.
Oliver Martin, Jr., pro se.
Joseph White, pro se.
J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.
Before MORGAN, CLARK and TJO-FLAT, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5 Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The appellants, inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, appeal the dismissal of their civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several state prison and corrections department officials. Appellants' complaint challenges the manner in which the penitentiary's Adult Rules, Regulations and Disciplinary Procedures were amended, alleging that the Louisiana Administrative Procedures Act, La.R.S. 49:951-968 was not followed.
As we have previously stated, "The claim that state officials have failed to follow the procedural provisions of state law, without more, does not aver a cause of action under § 1983. McDowell v. Texas, 465 F.2d 1342 (5th Cir. 1972) (en banc)." Shields v. Hopper, 519 F.2d 1131, 1132 (5th Cir. 1975). No matter how liberally the complaint in this case is construed, Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 92 S.Ct. 594, 30 L.Ed.2d 652 (1972), no set of facts, if proved, would entitle the appellants to relief. Accordingly, the district court's dismissal of the action is correct. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 97 S.Ct. 285, 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976); see also Howard v. Lemmons, 547 F.2d 290 (5th Cir. 1977).
AFFIRMED.