Case Name: Jerry WANZER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Angelita PENA, Connally Unit, et al., Defendants, Angelita Pena, Connally Unit; Adolf Thomas, Connally Unit; Brian Adelman, Connally Unit; Oscar Mendoza, Connally Unit; Barbara Trevino, Connally Unit; Paul Morales; Kelli Ward, Connally Unit; Martha Wear, Huntsville, Texas; Steven Green, Connally Unit; Dennis Fenner, Connally Unit; Francisco Martinez, Jr., Connally Unit; William Bates, Connally Unit, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-06
Citations: 214 F. App'x 368
Docket Number: No. 04-50954
Parties: Jerry WANZER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Angelita PENA, Connally Unit, et al., Defendants, Angelita Pena, Connally Unit; Adolf Thomas, Connally Unit; Brian Adelman, Connally Unit; Oscar Mendoza, Connally Unit; Barbara Trevino, Connally Unit; Paul Morales; Kelli Ward, Connally Unit; Martha Wear, Huntsville, Texas; Steven Green, Connally Unit; Dennis Fenner, Connally Unit; Francisco Martinez, Jr., Connally Unit; William Bates, Connally Unit, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 214
Pages: 368–369

Head Matter:
Jerry WANZER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Angelita PENA, Connally Unit, et al., Defendants, Angelita Pena, Connally Unit; Adolf Thomas, Connally Unit; Brian Adelman, Connally Unit; Oscar Mendoza, Connally Unit; Barbara Trevino, Connally Unit; Paul Morales; Kelli Ward, Connally Unit; Martha Wear, Huntsville, Texas; Steven Green, Connally Unit; Dennis Fenner, Connally Unit; Francisco Martinez, Jr., Connally Unit; William Bates, Connally Unit, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-50954
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 6, 2006.
Jerry Wanzer, Kenedy, TX, pro se.
Celamaine Cunniff, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants/Defendants-Appellees.
Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiff-Appellant Jerry Wanzer, Texas prisoner # 855976, appeals the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, which was entered following a bench trial. Wanzer contends that the district court erred by crediting the testimony of one of the defendants and by finding that the form at issue in this suit was an identification form rather than a consent form. Wanzer has not shown that the district court erred in crediting the disputed testimony; neither has he shown that the district court's finding concerning the disputed form was reversibly erroneous. See Canal Barge Co., Inc. v. Torco Oil Co., 220 F.3d 370, 375 (5th Cir.2000); Migis v. Pearle Vision, Inc., 135 F.3d 1041, 1052 (5th Cir.1998).
Wanzer has likewise failed to show that the defendants retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights by disciphning him for his refusal to sign the disputed form. It is unclear whether Wanzer's refusal to sign the form implicates his First Amendment rights. Even if we assume for purposes of this appeal, however, that Wanzer's refusal to sign was a valid exercise of his First Amendment rights, he is still not entitled to relief. Wanzer's refusal to sign the form adversely affected legitimate state interests. See LeClerc v. Webb, 419 F.3d 405, 420 (5th Cir.2005); Hicks v. Garner, 69 F.3d 22, 25 (5th Cir.1995). Consequently, the defendants did not act improperly in disciplining him for this refusal. See Jackson v. Cain, 864 F.2d 1235, 1248 (5th Cir.1989). The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. All outstanding motions are DENIED.
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.