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 R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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