IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-31448 Summary Calendar

MACK HENRY RICHARDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendant-Appellee.

__________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 00-CV-1499 __________________________________________ June 22, 2001

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, STEWART and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:* Mack Henry Richardson appeals the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim of his civil lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 925A and 5 U.S.C. § 522a(g)(1)(C), arising out of his inability to reacquire firearms as a result of his 1973 felony conviction. Richardson argues that he was improperly denied the right to acquire weapons because the Louisiana Constitution restored his civil rights. He also argues that the district court erred in determining that the FBI was exempt from suit under the Privacy Act.

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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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

Having conducted a de novo review, (see Jackson v. City of Beaumont Police Dep’t, 958 F.2d 616, 618 (5th Cir. 1992)), we conclude that for substantially the same reasons articulated by the district court in its dismissal order, the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.