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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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

February 27, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-10579

Summary Calendar

 

ALTON JAMES NICKLEBERRY

Plaintiff

v.

DANNEIL JOHNSON, Etc; ET AL.

Defendants

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ALTON JAMES NICKLEBERRY

Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

NFN BILINSKY, Officer, Dallas County, NFN TEEL,

Sergeant, Dallas County

Defendants - Appellants

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 3:01-CV-1497

USDC No. 3:01-CV-2104

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Before KING, Chief Judge, and DAVIS and BARKSDALE, Circuit

Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

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Officer Bilinsky and Sergeant Teel appeal from the denial

of their qualified immunity defense raised in response to Alton

Nickleberry’s, Texas prisoner # 1105513, civil rights complaint. 

The denial of a motion for summary judgment based on qualified

immunity is immediately appealable only when based on an issue

of law. Rodriguez v. Neeley, 169 F.3d 220, 222 (5th Cir. 1999). 

Orders determining “only a question of ‘evidence sufficiency,’

i.e., which facts a party may, or may not, be able to prove at

trial,” are not based on an issue of law and are not immediately

appealable. Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304, 313 (1995). 

Issues of evidence sufficiency precluded the district court

from making a determination on the qualified immunity defense

at the summary judgment stage of the proceedings; its decision

was thus not based on an issue of law and is not immediately

appealable. See id. We therefore dismiss the appeal for lack of

jurisdiction and deny all outstanding motions as moot.

APPEAL DISMISSED; ALL OUTSTANDING MOTIONS DENIED.

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