IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-60570

Summary Calendar

JIM BRADSHAW, Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

WILLIE ED THOMPSON, Individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Benton County, Mississippi; DANNY JOE SMITH, individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Benton County, Mississippi; ALBERT ARNOLD McMULLEN, individually and in his official capacity as Sheriff of Benton County, Mississippi, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court For the Northern District of Mississippi (3:96-CV-9-B-A)

January 15, 1997

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Jim Bradshaw appeals the district court’s dismissal of his

complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1). The district court found

* Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4. that Bradshaw had released his right to pursue civil claims against

the appellees in exchange for the dismissal of criminal charges

against him. Bradshaw claims that the district court erred in

failing to apply the Supreme Court’s analysis in Newton v. Rumery,

(1987), to assess the validity of the release-

dismissal agreement. We affirm for essentially the reasons stated

by the district court.

AFFIRMED.

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