### IN THE UNI TED STAT ES COURT OFAPPEALS FOR THE FIF TH CIRCU IT

No. 11-40616 Summary Calendar

CARLOS KIDD, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.
R I C K T HAL E R , D I R E C T O R , T D C J ; RALPH BALES, Pri s o n e r R a p e E li m i n ati o n Ac t O mb u d s m an ; B RAD L IVI N G S T O N , E x e c u tiv e D ir e c t o r T D C J ; NATHANIE L Q UAR T E R MA N , I n s t i t u t i o n a l D i r e c t o r ; S T A T E C LA S S I F I C A T I O N COMMITTEE; REGION 1 DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE; D. MORRIS, Assistant Region 1 Director; LYNN SH AR P E , Safe Prisons Program Coordinator; CODY GINSEL, Senior Warden; G. CURRIE, Assistant Warden; S. MILLER, Assistant W a rden; K. WILLIAMS, Unit Classification Chief; MAJOR BRYANT, Major; KRIS C. COLLINS, Captain; TOD N. ALLEN, Captain; SANDIE M. VINCENT, L i e u t e nant; RICHARD A. ADCOCK, Lieutenant; EDWARD B. SELLS, Lieutenant ; CHRISTOPHER L. NORSWORTHY, Sergeant; ROGELIO A. GARCIA, Sergeant; ROYCE D. JACKSON, Sergeant; TONYA BUTLER, S e r g e ant ; JA S ON L. ODOM, Sergeant; JOHNNY L. MILLS, Sergeant; PATRICE GOODMAN, Sergeant; PHILIP R. WHIGHAM, Sergeant; ANDREW D. YANOCK, Sergeant; O F F I CER NEAL, Correc tional Officer V; CLINTON A. ARD, Correctional Officer IV; MYRON BADGER, Correctional Officer II; JOSEPH A. CLARK, JR., Correctional Officer II; JEREMIAH D. COULTER, Correctional Officer II; CARLOS A. DELGADO, Correctional Officer III; JUSTIN E. ANDRESS, Correctional Officer I; CHERYL A. GORDON, Correctio n a l O fficer III; BILLY MCGUIRE, Correctional Officer II; ALICE MAGEE, Correctional Officer IV; DETRA A. MONROE, Correctional Officer III; JOHN A. SCROGGINS, Correctional Officer III, Defendants-Appellees U n i te d S ta te s C o u rt o f A p p ea l s

F i ft h C i rc u i t 

### F I L E D Februa ry 15 , 20 12 Lyle W . Cayce Clerk Case: 11-40616 Document: 00511759807 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/15/2012No. 11-40616

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 9:11-CV-18

Before BENAVIDES, STEWART, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Carlos Kidd, Texas prisoner # 1079464, filed a civil action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging threats to his life and safety on the Gib Lewis Unit. He

now appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for a mandatory injunction. During the pendency of this int e r l o c u t ory appeal, the district court dismissed Kidd’s § 1983 action. The cou r t ’ s d i s m i s s al of Kidd’s § 1983 action as well as Kidd’s transfer from the Gib Lewis Unit render his instant interlocutory appeal
moot. See 11A Charles Alan Wright Et Al., Federal Practice & Procedure § 2947 at 126 n.19 (2d ed. 1995) (citing Venezia v. Robinson , 16 F.3d 209, 211 (7th Cir. 1994)); Herman v. Holiday , 238 F.3d 660, 665 (5th Cir. 200 1). Accordingly, Kidd’s interlocutory appeal, which challenges only the denial of injunctive relief, is DISMISSED.

Pur sua nt to 5 T H C IR

. R. 47.5 , the cour t has d ete rm inedt hat this op inion sho uld not * be publ ish ed and is not pr ece dent excep t unde r the lim ite d cir cum st ance s se t for th in 5 T H C IR

. R. 47.5 .4.
2 Case: 11-40616 Document: 00511759807 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/15/2012