UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _______________________

No. 98-41431 Summary Calendar _______________________

DOROTHY BEAMER, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

DOROTHY BEAMER,

Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant,

versus

JERRY POWELL, Department of Public Safety Officer,

Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. _________________________________________________________________

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (6:95-CV-803) _________________________________________________________________

January 5, 2000

Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

For the reasons assigned in the district court’s memo

opinion entered December 18, 1998, we AFFIRM the judgment of the

trial court.

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 R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.