Case Name: Rusty REEDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PARIS NEWS; Jeff Jones, Corporal, Police Officer, City of Paris; UP White, Manager, Social Security Administration; UP Superville, Judge, Lamar County Court; City of Paris, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-08-08
Citations: 73 F. App'x 37
Docket Number: No. 02-41271
Parties: Rusty REEDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PARIS NEWS; Jeff Jones, Corporal, Police Officer, City of Paris; UP White, Manager, Social Security Administration; UP Superville, Judge, Lamar County Court; City of Paris, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 73
Pages: 37–39

Head Matter:
Rusty REEDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PARIS NEWS; Jeff Jones, Corporal, Police Officer, City of Paris; UP White, Manager, Social Security Administration; UP Superville, Judge, Lamar County Court; City of Paris, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 02-41271.
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 8, 2003.
Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Rusty Reeder appeals the dismissal of his pro se, in forma pauperis 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. (Reeder's motion to supplement the record is DENIED.)
Reeder first contends the Paris News violated his freedom of speech by not publishing an article about him as he had requested. By not addressing the dismissal of the Paris News because it was not a state actor, Reeder has waived any challenge to this ruling. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir.1993).
Reeder next asserts that Corporal Jones told him he would be arrested if he continued to stay in a park while displaying a sign near a wedding, prompting Reeder to leave the park. The district court ruling that Reeder did not state a claim against Corporal Jones is not plain error. See Steadman v. Texas Rangers, 179 F.3d 360, 366 (5th Cir.1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1115, 120 S.Ct. 933, 144 L.Ed.2d 812 (2000); Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1429 (5th Cir.1996) (en banc).
Reeder contends the City of Paris "set [him] up to look like a criminal or [a] mentally ill [person]" in order to discriminate against him because of his religious beliefs. Because Reeder did not object to the magistrate judge's report and recom mendation that the City's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion be granted, we review only for plain error. See id. Reeder has not shown plain error, because Reeder's conclusional allegations that the City discriminated against him based on his religion were insufficient to save the complaint from the motion to dismiss. See Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass'n, 987 F.2d 278, 284 (5th Cir.1993).
Reeder maintains Judge Superville did not give him a jury trial, did not order the Salvation Army to let him stay there, barred him from going to the public library, denied him due process, and violated his Eighth Amendment rights by not releasing him from the county jail. By failing to address the dismissal based on immunity, Reeder has waived any challenge to this ruling. See Yohey, 985 F.2d at 224-25.
Finally, Reeder asserts that the State of Texas violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights because divorce violates church law. The State was not named as a defendant, and Reeder's claims against it were not the subject of a ruling by the district court. Accordingly, we do not consider this contention. See Vogel v. Veneman, 276 F.3d 729, 734 (5th Cir.2002). For the same reasons, we do not consider Reeder's contention concerning Judge Lovett. See id.
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.