BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Myra Jo Collins appeals the Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) dismissal of her § 1983 action, which alleges that the failure of the City of Harker Heights, Texas, to adequately train its employees was a policy of deliberate indifference to her deceased husband's constitutional rights. Pursuant to controlling Fifth Circuit precedent, because an abuse of government power is not implicated, a § 1983 action does not lie. Accordingly, we AFFIRM...
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