(footnotes omitted). Despite the strictness of this rule, our Court has recognized that the district court’s failure to provide notice may be harmless error. Nowlin v. Resolution Trust Corp., 33 F.3d 498, 504 (5th Cir.1994). Nowlin held that error arising from the district court’s sua sponte grant of summary judgment may be harmless when the “nonmovant has no additional evidence or if all of the nonmovant’s additional evidence is reviewed by the appellate court and none of the evidence presents a genuine issue of material fact.” Id. In this case, Ross’ allegation that Briner’s and Gaertner’s compensation practices deprived him of Due Process does not state a cognizable constitutional claim. Dorsett v. Board of Trustees for State Colleges & Universities, 940 F.2d 121, 123 (5th Cir.1991) (<HOLDING>).. Similarly, and by analogy to our Title VII
holding that complaints challenging teaching assignments pay increases administrative matters and departmental procedures do not rise to the level of a constitutional deprivation holding that a violation of a state statute regarding the swearing of criminal complaints does not give rise to constitutional liability holding that conduct actionable as state claim for defamation does not rise to level of liberty deprivation simply because government officials are involved holding that harassment or discrimination does not rise to the level of persecution under the ina unless it is accompanied by physical punishment infliction of harm or significant deprivation of liberty holding that state statutes which merely establish procedures and do not mandate any particular substantive result do not give rise to a statecreated liberty interest