Case Name: Robert ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronnie MUSGROVE, Governor; Amy Tuck, Lieutenant Governor; Christopher Epps, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner; Ron King, Southern Mississippi Correctional Institution-Warden; Johnnie Denmark; Jane T. Bond, Mississippi Department of Corrections-Records Director; John Does; Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-05-11
Citations: 96 F. App'x 957
Docket Number: No. 03-61065
Parties: Robert ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronnie MUSGROVE, Governor; Amy Tuck, Lieutenant Governor; Christopher Epps, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner; Ron King, Southern Mississippi Correctional Institution—Warden; Johnnie Denmark; Jane T. Bond, Mississippi Department of Corrections-Records Director; John Does; Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before SMITH, DeMOSS, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 96
Pages: 957–958

Head Matter:
Robert ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronnie MUSGROVE, Governor; Amy Tuck, Lieutenant Governor; Christopher Epps, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner; Ron King, Southern Mississippi Correctional Institution—Warden; Johnnie Denmark; Jane T. Bond, Mississippi Department of Corrections-Records Director; John Does; Defendants-Appellees.
No. 03-61065.
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 11, 2004.
Robert Allen, Leakesville, MS, pro se.
Before SMITH, DeMOSS, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Robert Allen ("Allen"), Mississippi prisoner #85120, appeals the district court's dismissal of his civil action with prejudice as to it being brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and without prejudice for failure to exhaust state remedies as to it being brought as a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
To the extent that Allen is appealing the district court's dismissal of his habeas corpus claims, Allen must obtain a certificate of appealability ("COA") before we have jurisdiction to consider his appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c). The district court, however, did not rule on whether Allen should be granted a COA to appeal the dismissal of his habeas corpus claims. Although Allen has not requested a COA to appeal the dismissal of his habeas corpus claims, this court may construe his notice of appeal as such a request. See fed. r. app. p. 22(b)(2).
Until the district court issues a COA ruling, this court lacks jurisdiction to address Allen's appellate COA request. See United States v. Youngblood, 116 F.3d 1113, 1115 (5th Cir.1997). Accordingly, the case is REMANDED to the district court for the LIMITED PURPOSE of determining whether a COA should issue in accordance with Fed. R.App. P. 22(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c). See Youngblood, 116 F.3d at 1115. Once the district court has issued such a ruling, this court will consider both Allen's COA request and his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims.
LIMITED REMAND.
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.