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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

March 22, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-50773

Summary Calendar

 

JOHN T. JOSEY,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

BELL COUNTY TEXAS, RICK MILLER, County Attorney;

DAN SMITH, Sheriff, JANE DOE, Secretary; R. W. PATTERSON, 

Jail Administrator; BELL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER;

PENNYBAKER, Corporal; FNU ANDREWS, Officer; FNU MINTER, 

Officer; PLANAS, Officer; FISCHBACH; FNU MARTINEZ, Officer,

Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. W-02-CV-365

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Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

John T. Josey filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983

alleging that, while he was being housed at the Bell County Law

Enforcement Center as a pre-trial detainee, various prison

officials and governmental entities violated his civil rights. 

Josey’s complaint also contained several state law claims. 

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The district court dismissed Josey’s complaint with prejudice for

failure to state a claim pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b)(6), and

Josey timely appealed.

Josey has filed a motion to compel this court to acknowledge

that his handwritten appellate brief was compliant with the rules

of this court. That motion is GRANTED. All of Josey’s other

outstanding motions before this court are DENIED.

Liberally construed, Josey has presented an argument that

the district court erred in dismissing his complaint for failure

to state a claim. After a de novo review of the record and the

briefs before us, we conclude that the district court correctly

dismissed Josey’s complaint pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b)(6). 

See Lowrey v. Texas A & M Univ. Sys., 117 F.3d 242, 246 (5th Cir.

1997); Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Ass’n, 987 F.2d 278, 284

(5th Cir. 1993); Manax v. McNamara, 842 F.2d 808, 812 (5th Cir.

1988).

AFFIRMED.

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