UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

_______________________ No. 98-30699 _______________________

JACQUELINE PADDIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus CITY OF HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, A political subdivision of the State of Louisiana; ET AL., Defendants, LARRY DYKES, individually and in his official capacity of police officer, City of Hammond, Defendant-Appellant.

_________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (97-CV-343-E) _________________________________________________________________ June 7, 1999 Before JONES and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and DUPLANTIER*, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:* The court has considered the arguments of the parties in light of the briefs and relevant record excerpts. The district court found there were genuine issues of disputed facts precluding * District Judge of the Eastern District of Louisiana, sitting by designation. * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. the grant of qualified immunity. We do not disagree. Accordingly, we lack appellate jurisdiction. See Colston v. Barnhart, 146 F.3d 282, 284 (5th Cir. 1998). The appeal is therefore DISMISSED.

DISMISSED.