Case Name: Vyron L. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT; Community Development, on behalf of Neighborhood Revitalization Program, on behalf of Emergency Recovery Program, on behalf of Permits Department, on behalf of Paint Your Heart Out; Unknown Employees; Ron Adams; Eva Phillips; Marcia Nelson; J C Marshall; Keith Hightower; Terri Scott Anderson; Ramon Lafitte; Lillian Priest Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-04-22
Citations: 95 F. App'x 699
Docket Number: No. 03-30950
Parties: Vyron L. BROWN, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT; Community Development, on behalf of Neighborhood Revitalization Program, on behalf of Emergency Recovery Program, on behalf of Permits Department, on behalf of Paint Your Heart Out; Unknown Employees; Ron Adams; Eva Phillips; Marcia Nelson; J C Marshall; Keith Hightower; Terri Scott Anderson; Ramon Lafitte; Lillian Priest Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 95
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
Vyron L. BROWN, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT; Community Development, on behalf of Neighborhood Revitalization Program, on behalf of Emergency Recovery Program, on behalf of Permits Department, on behalf of Paint Your Heart Out; Unknown Employees; Ron Adams; Eva Phillips; Marcia Nelson; J C Marshall; Keith Hightower; Terri Scott Anderson; Ramon Lafitte; Lillian Priest Defendants—Appellees.
No. 03-30950.
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 22, 2004.
Vyron L. Brown, Shreveport, LA, pro se.
Mary D. Bicknell, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.'
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Vyron Brown appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to the City of Shreveport and other defendants, dismissing Brown's § 1981 and § 1983 racial discrimination claims with prejudice.
We review de novo the district court's order granting summary judgment. We will affirm a summary judgment only when there is no genuine issue of material fact. But "if the nonmovant fails to establish facts in support of an essential element of his prima facie claim, summary judgment is appropriate."
Brown has failed to establish facts in support of multiple elements of his § 1981 and § 1983 claims. First, Brown provides no evidence that the relevant state actors had policy-making authority such that their discretionary decisions could constitute an official municipal policy. Second Brown provides no evidence of widespread and persistent discrimination that could constitute a custom fairly representing an official policy. Third, Brown provides no evidence of purposeful discrimination to support his § 1981 claim. Finally, Brown provides no evidence that he was treated less favorably than similarly-situated people outside the protected class. Given these failings, summary judgment was appropriate.
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.
. Holtzclaw v. DSC Communications Corp., 255 F.3d 254, 257-58 (5th Cir.2001).
. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c).
. Holtzclaw, 255 F.3d at 257-58.
. General Bldg. Contractors Ass'n, Inc. v. Pennsylvania, 458 U.S. 375, 391, 102 S.Ct. 3141, 73 L.Ed.2d 835 (1982).
. Webster v. Houston, 735 F.2d 838, 841 (5th Cir.1984) (en banc); Bennett v. Slidell, 728 F.2d 762, 767 (5th Cir.1984).