Case Name: Timothy Charles OLIVER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Nurse BILLY; Officer Cockerham; Officer Morehouse; D. Smith, Warden, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-07-10
Citations: 575 F. App'x 280
Docket Number: No. 13-30867
Parties: Timothy Charles OLIVER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Nurse BILLY; Officer Cockerham; Officer Morehouse; D. Smith, Warden, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 575
Pages: 280–280

Head Matter:
Timothy Charles OLIVER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Nurse BILLY; Officer Cockerham; Officer Morehouse; D. Smith, Warden, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-30867
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 10, 2014.
Timothy Charles Oliver, Angie, LA, pro se.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Proceeding pro se and in forma pauper-is, Timothy Charles Oliver, Louisiana prisoner #577906, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against several employees of La-Salle Correctional Center. In his complaint, Oliver asserted that he was denied adequate medical care and was the victim of excessive force. As relief, Oliver requested that the employees be terminated and criminally prosecuted. On appeal, Oliver argues that the district court's dismissal of his complaint for failure to file objections to the magistrate judge's report and recommendation was erroneous and should be reversed.
A district court is required to dismiss a prisoner's civil rights complaint if it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim for relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1); § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) & (ii). Oliver is incorrect in his assertion that the district court dismissed his § 1983 complaint because he failed to timely object to the magistrate judge's report and recommendation. The record reflects that the district court dismissed Oliver's § 1983 complaint because the injunctive relief Oliver requested was not only moot due to his transfer to another prison, but improper because the termination of a prison employee is within the discretion of prison officials. The district court further concluded that Oliver's § 1983 complaint was frivolous because Oliver did not have a constitutional right to have the defendants criminally prosecuted. Because Oliver does not challenge the district court's reasons for dismissing his § 1983 complaint as frivolous, he has abandoned the claims on appeal. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir.1987); Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir.1993).
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.