Bui Phu Xuan v. Fort Worth Star Telegram
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Plaintiff Bui Phu Xuan (“Plaintiff”), currently serving ninety-nine years in state prison on a 1998 first degree murder conviction, appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing with prejudice his complaint filed in forma pauperis against defendant Fort Worth Star-Telegram (“Defendant” or the “Star-Telegram”) as frivolous and for failure to state a claim. We AFFIRM.
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Plaintiff originally filed suit in Texas state court on April 7, 2005, alleging libel, a state-law claim, against the Star-Telegram arising from the publication of two articles in the February 12 and 13, 2005,…
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