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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-30488

Summary Calendar

WAYNE MICHAEL REAVIS, JR.,

 Plaintiff–Appellant,

versus

JAMES M. LEBLANC, Secretary, Department of Corrections;

LOUISIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS;

LOUISIANA STATE PAROLE BOARD,

 Defendants–Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Louisiana

USDC No. 2:12-CV-2879

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Wayne Reavis, Jr., pro se and in forma pauperis (“IFP”), sued the various 

* 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

January 6, 2014

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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state defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking money damages and immediate release from confinement based on an alleged miscalculation of his sentence. The allegations are virtually identical to those in another federal suit 

that was dismissed and not appealed. Here, the district court adopted the 

report and recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissed with prejudice, primarily on the ground of res judicata. 

As the magistrate judge said, quoting Wilson v. Lynaugh, 878 F.2d 846, 

850 (5th Cir. 1980), “IFP complaints may be dismissed as frivolous . . . when 

they seek to relitigate claims which allege substantially the same facts arising 

from a common series of events which have already been unsuccessfully litigated by the IFP plaintiff.” The judgment of dismissal is AFFIRMED. All

pending motions are DENIED.

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