UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _____________________ No. 96-20431 Summary Calendar _____________________ ASEMENDES WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DON NICHOLS, Defendant-Appellee. _________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (94-CV-2050) _________________________________________________________________ September 20, 1996 Before SMITH, DUHÉ, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:* In this civil rights action, Asemendes Williams, Texas state prisoner # 659605, challenges the summary judgment granted to Don Nichols. Williams contends that Nichols negligently failed to screen inmates in the Harris County Jail (for which Nichols was Medical Administrator) properly for tuberculosis, resulting in Williams’ contracting it. (Because the Sheriff was not served with process, he is not a party. And, Williams’ claim that he was

* Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4. entitled to attend a pretrial conference is without merit.)

Pursuant to our de novo review of the record, the judgment is AFFIRMED for essentially the reasons stated by the district court.

See Williams v. Nichols, No. 94-2050 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 16, 1996) (unpublished).

AFFIRMED

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