Case Name: Rodney Wayne FERRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim BOWLES, Dallas County Sheriff; Gary Johnson; Wayne Scott; Management and Training Corporation of Utah, Prison Corporation; Unknown Dallas County Sheriff's Department Employees and TDCJ-ID Officials, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-03-04
Citations: 91 F. App'x 949
Docket Number: No. 03-11222
Parties: Rodney Wayne FERRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim BOWLES, Dallas County Sheriff; Gary Johnson; Wayne Scott; Management and Training Corporation of Utah, Prison Corporation; Unknown Dallas County Sheriff’s Department Employees and TDCJ-ID Officials, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before JONES, BENAVIDES, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 91
Pages: 949–950

Head Matter:
Rodney Wayne FERRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim BOWLES, Dallas County Sheriff; Gary Johnson; Wayne Scott; Management and Training Corporation of Utah, Prison Corporation; Unknown Dallas County Sheriff’s Department Employees and TDCJ-ID Officials, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 03-11222.
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 4, 2004.
Rodney Wayne Ferrell, #809975,L-23B, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, In stitutional Division LeBlanc Unit, Beaumont, TX, pro se.
Before JONES, BENAVIDES, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Rodney Wayne Ferrell, Texas prisoner # 809975, appeals the district court's denial of his motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) and certification that his appeal would not be taken in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir.1997). For the reasons discussed below, Ferrell's motion to proceed IFP is GRANTED. Ferrell's motion for appointment of counsel on appeal is DENIED. See Ulmer v. Chancellor, 691 F.2d 209, 212 (5th Cir.1982).
The district court was correct in its determination that there is no constitutional basis for Ferrell's assertion that he was transferred from a local prison to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division (TDCJ-ID) in violation of state law, thereby subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment and involuntary servitude. Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995); Malchi v. Thaler, 211 F.3d 953, 957 (5th Cir.2000); Madison v. Parker, 104 F.3d 765, 767 (5th Cir.1997) (citation omitted). This portion of the district court's judgment is AFFIRMED.
Contrary to the conclusion reached by the district court, this court has recognized that prisoners have a right to bodily privacy. Oliver v. Scott, 276 F.3d 736, 745-46 (5th Cir.2002) Even though "any such right is minimal, at best," the intrusion on the inmate's right to bodily privacy must be balanced against the state's interest." Id. (quoting Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89, 107 S.Ct. 2254, 96 L.Ed.2d 64 (1987)). The district court's dismissal of Ferrell's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as frivolous on this issue is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings on this issue.
IFP GRANTED; APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL DENIED; AFFIRMED IN PART; VACATED IN PART and REMANDED.
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.