United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS February 10, 2004

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk

No. 03-20333

PLEASANTVILLE CIVIC LEAGUE OF HOUSTON, TEXAS; ET AL,

Plaintiffs,

BRANDECE J. ABBOTT; BRENDAN E. ADAMS; JERMY LAVON ADAMS; KEVIN CRAIG ADAMS, JR.; TASHUANA NICOLE ADAMS; ET AL, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

versus

GUARDIAN AD LITEM, also known as Kim Ballew,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

LOGISTICS PARTNERS, INC., ET AL, Defendants, __________________________________________________________________

Consolidated with No. 03-20334

PLEASANTVILLE CIVIC LEAGUE OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, Etc.; ET AL,

versus

LOGISTICS PARTNERS, INC., ET AL, Defendants,

U. LAWRENCE BOZE; GARY WILLIAMS PARENTI FINNEY LEWIS McMANUS WATSON & SPERANDO, Appellants.

Appeals from the United States District Court For the Southern District of Texas (H-97-CV-2894)

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

We must dismiss for want of appellate jurisdiction. The

orders for which review is sought are interlocutory and

unappealable rulings. Unfortunately, this effort to appeal

apparently has prevented the district court from acting, a delay

that only adds difficulty to a case with more than its share of

confounding administrative difficulties.

DISMISSED for want of jurisdiction.

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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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

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