Case Name: Andres CAMPILLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY BEAUMONT, TEXAS; Ernest Chandler, Warden; Unidentified Party, John Doe 1-10; Medical Staff, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-10-11
Citations: 203 F. App'x 555
Docket Number: No. 05-40626
Parties: Andres CAMPILLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY BEAUMONT, TEXAS; Ernest Chandler, Warden; Unidentified Party, John Doe 1-10; Medical Staff, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 203
Pages: 555–557

Head Matter:
Andres CAMPILLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY BEAUMONT, TEXAS; Ernest Chandler, Warden; Unidentified Party, John Doe 1-10; Medical Staff, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 05-40626
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 11, 2006.
Lawrence E. Besser, Samek & Besser, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Andrea Lynn Parker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiff-Appellant Andres Campillo, federal prisoner # 43410-004, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Ernest Chandler on Campillo's civil rights claims, dismissal of his civil rights claims against the unnamed defendants, and dismissal of his claim brought under the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA). As Campillo did not object to the magistrate judge's report, our review is limited to plain error. See Highlands Ins. Co. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 27 F.3d 1027, 1032 (5th Cir.1994).
Campillo's two Bivens claims were brought against Chandler and the unnamed defendants. The district court dismissed the claims against the unnamed defendants for lack of service. Campillo has not briefed any error with respect to this issue; it is therefore abandoned. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987).
Campillo asserts that the district court erred when it granted summary in favor of Chandler on the two Bivens claims, arguing that Chandler implemented policies that were the moving force behind the violation of his civil rights. The district court did not plainly err in granting summary judgment for Chandler on Campillo's claim against him in his official capacity. Bivens actions may be brought against defendants acting in their individual capacities only. Affiliated Prof'l Home Health Care Agency v. Shalala, 164 F.3d 282, 286 (5th Cir.1999). Neither did the district court err in granting summary judgment against Campillo on his claim against Chandler in his individual capacity. Campillo did not demonstrate with the requisite specificity that Chandler implemented "a policy that is 'itself[ ] a repudiation of constitutional rights' and 'the moving force of the constitutional violation.' " See Oliver v. Scott, 276 F.3d 736, 742 (5th Cir.2002); see also Anderson v. Pasadena Indep. School Dist., 184 F.3d 439, 443 (5th Cir.1999).
Campillo also contends that the district court erred when it dismissed his FTCA claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Relying on United States v. Muniz, 374 U.S. 150, 83 S.Ct. 1850, 10 L.Ed.2d 805 (1963), Campillo argues that the discretionary function exception does not apply to his case because the defendants were negligent in protecting him from attack by other prisoners, in contravention of their duty under 18 U.S.C. § 4042. We agree with the other circuits that have held that neither § 4042's mandate to protect prisoners nor the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment defines a non-diseretionary course of action specific enough to render the discretionary function exception inapplicable. See Montez ex rel. Estate of Hearlson v. United States, 359 F.3d 392, 396 (6th Cir. 2004); Santana-Rosa v. United States, 335 F.3d 39, 41-45 (1st Cir.2003); Cohen v. United States, 151 F.3d 1338, 1342-43 (11th Cir.1998); Calderon v. United States, 123 F.3d 947, 950 (7th Cir.1997). Campillo has pointed to no rule or regulation showing that the prison guards or medical staff lacked discretion in handling prisoner-on-prisoner attacks or medical treatment of prisoners.
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.
. Campillo's two civil rights claims were brought pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971).