IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ____________________ No. 01-30168 ____________________ CLIFFORD EUGENE DAVIS, JR; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE Plaintiffs - Appellees v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Etc; ET AL Defendants EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, A Corporation Defendant - Intervenor Defendant - Appellant v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Intervenor Plaintiff - Appellee ____________________ No. 01-30677 ____________________ CLIFFORD EUGENE DAVIS, JR; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE Plaintiffs - Appellees UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Intervenor Plaintiff - Appellee v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Etc; ET AL Defendants EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, A Corporation Defendant - Appellant

_________________________________________________________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, Baton Rouge (56-CV-1662-A) _________________________________________________________________ September 7, 2001 Before, KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:* The orders that are the subject of these appeals (the Notice to Counsel entered January 4, 2001, the Ruling on Student Assignment Plan entered on April 17, 2001 and the Ruling entered on May 25, 2001) merely interpret the 1996 Consent Decree; they do not modify it. Martin's Herend Imports, Inc. v. Diamond & Gem Trading U.S.A. Co., 195 F.3d 765, 769 (5th Cir. 1999). Accordingly, these orders are not appealable and these appeals are DISMISSED. Any pending motions are DENIED. The mandate shall issue forthwith.

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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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