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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                      _____________________

                           No. 97-11025
                         Summary Calendar
                      _____________________

RANDY GEORGE WARGO, ET AL.,

                                                Plaintiffs,

LARRY RICKEY ALLEN; JESSE ALVIN PURSCHE;
RANDY GEORGE WARGO; FREDERICK V. CANADY,

                                                Plaintiffs-Appellants,
                              versus

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County, ET AL.,

                                             Defendants-Appellees.
              ______________________________________

DON EVERETTE SPENCE, JR.,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,
                              versus

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County, ET AL.,
                                                Defendants,

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County,

                                               Defendant-Appellee.
              ______________________________________

AHMED A AZZEEM,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,
                              versus

JIM BOWLES,

                                              Defendant-Appellee.
              ______________________________________

CURTIS ERIN DYSON,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                              versus

DALLAS COUNTY JAIL, ET AL.,
                                                Defendants,
JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County,

                                             Appellee.
             ______________________________________

ROBERT LOUIS BABERS,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,
                             versus

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County, ET AL.,
                                                Defendants,
JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County,

                                              Defendant-Appellee.
             ______________________________________

CEDRIC MARK ALEXANDER,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,
                             versus

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County, ET AL.,
                                                Defendants,
JIM BOWLES, Sheriff,

                                              Defendant-Appellee.
             ______________________________________

KEVIN EUGENE TURNER,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,
                             versus

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County,

                                                 Defendant-Appellee.

             ______________________________________

TYRONE RAY COTTON,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,
                             versus

JIM BOWLES, ET AL.,
                                                Defendants,

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JIM BOWLES,

                                              Defendant-Appellee.
_________________________________________________________________

          Appeals from the United States District Court
                for the Northern District of Texas
                     USDC No. 3:93-CV-2052-BD
_________________________________________________________________

                                August 31, 1999

Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

      The following eleven Texas inmates (the “plaintiffs”) appeal

the   bench   trial     judgment   against      them:     Larry    Rickey    Allen

(#705591),     Cedric    Mark   Alexander      (#659719),   Ahmed    A.     Azzeem

(#190254), Robert Louis Babers (#651148), Frederick V. Canady

(#377737),     Tyrone    Ray    Cotton       (#565930),   Curtis    Erin     Dyson

(#712691), Jesse Alvin Pursche (#625502), Don Everette Spence, Jr.

(#664088), Kevin Eugene Turner (#622481), and Randy George Wargo

(#665739).

      Allen’s motion for appointment of counsel on appeal is DENIED.

Azzeem’s “motion to correct style and cause number of case” is

DENIED as unnecessary.

      The magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiffs’ various claims

alleging overcrowded conditions, inadequate sanitation, inadequate

security, and inadequate medical care at the Dallas County Jail.

      *
      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.

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We have carefully reviewed the record and the briefs of the parties

and find no reversible error.          The magistrate judge entered a

lengthy and thorough opinion, which included numerous findings of

fact and conclusions of law.           The plaintiffs have failed to

demonstrate that any of the magistrate judge’s factual findings are

clearly erroneous.   See Baldwin v. Stalder, 137 F.3d 836, 839 (5th

Cir. 1998).   Furthermore, the magistrate judge did not abuse his

discretion in refusing to certify a class action.      See Allison v.

Citgo Petroleum Corp., 151 F.3d 402, 408 (5th Cir. 1998).    Finally,

because neither the rights to confrontation and cross-examination

nor the right to effective assistance of counsel apply to civil

proceedings, plaintiffs’ arguments regarding these issues are not

considered. See Woolsey v. Nat’l Transp. Safety Bd., 993 F.2d 516,

521 (5th Cir. 1993); Sanchez v. United States Postal Service, 785
F.2d 1236, 1237 (5th Cir. 1986).

                                                     A F F I R M E D.

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