Case Name: Edward V. RAY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA; Miranda Rankin, Principal; Shirley Speight, Library Aide; P. Hail, CDCR Representative; C. Burns, Associate Warden, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-11-30
Citations: 623 F. App'x 248
Docket Number: No. 14-60609
Parties: Edward V. RAY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA; Miranda Rankin, Principal; Shirley Speight, Library Aide; P. Hail, CDCR Representative; C. Burns, Associate Warden, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before WIENER, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 623
Pages: 248–249

Head Matter:
Edward V. RAY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA; Miranda Rankin, Principal; Shirley Speight, Library Aide; P. Hail, CDCR Representative; C. Burns, Associate Warden, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-60609,
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 30, 2015.
Edward V. Ray, Jr., Eloy, AZ, pro se.
Katherine Bryant Snell, Butler Snow, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before WIENER, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiff-Appellant Edward V. Ray, Jr., California prisoner #F73521, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that he was denied access to the courts while incarcerated at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility (TCCF) in Tutwiler, Mississippi. Ray alleged in his complaint that the inadequate access to updated legal materials at TCCF caused him to dismiss meritorious federal habeas claims in his petition pending before the Northern District of California. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment, and Ray timely appealed.
This court reviews the grant of a motion for summary judgment de novo. Xtreme Lashes, LLC v. Xtended Beauty, Inc., 576 F.3d 221, 226 (5th Cir.2009). Summary judgment is warranted "if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Fed.R.CivP. 56(a). The court draws all reasonable inferences in favor of Ray, the nonmoving party. Haverda v. Hays County, 723 F.3d 586, 591 (5th Cir.2013).
The summary judgment evidence indicates that Ray was not forced to dismiss his federal habeas claims, but rather chose to do so on his own motion. Further, at no point did Ray assert that he was dismissing his habeas claims because of a limited access to legal materials at TCCF. As Ray failed to show that the defendants' actions caused him to dismiss his federal habeas claims, the district court did not err in granting the defendants' summary judgment motion. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 351-52, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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.