Case Name: Jimmy Lee ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Officer Fnu ROBLEDO, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-12
Citations: 209 F. App'x 432
Docket Number: No. 05-41580
Parties: Jimmy Lee ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Officer Fnu ROBLEDO, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 209
Pages: 432–432

Head Matter:
Jimmy Lee ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Officer Fnu ROBLEDO, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 05-41580
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 12, 2006.
Jimmy Lee Robinson, Plano, TX, pro se.
Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jimmy Lee Robinson, a former Hutchins State Jail inmate and now Texas prisoner # 1129105, appeals from the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a claim. He argues that the dismissal was erroneous because his complaint alleged a deprivation of property claim under the Due Process Clause.
Affording the dismissal de novo review, Geiger v. Jowers, 404 F.3d 371, 373 (2005), we hold that Robinson is prevented by the ParratP-Hudson doctrine from pursuing a confiscation of property claim in federal court because Texas has adequate post-deprivation remedies for the confiscation of prisoner property. See Thompson v. Steele, 709 F.2d 381, 383 (5th Cir.1983). Robinson's complaint was therefore frivolous and failed to state a claim. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327-29, 109 S.Ct. 1827, 104 L.Ed.2d 338 (1989); Harris v. Hegmann, 198 F.3d 153, 156 (5th Cir.1999).
Robinson's appeal lacks arguable merit and therefore is dismissed as frivolous. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2; Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir.1983). The district court's dismissal of the § 1983 claim and our dismissal of this appeal count as two strikes for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 388 (5th Cir.1996). Robinson is cautioned that if he accumulates three strikes under § 1915(g), he will not be able to proceed in forma pauperis in any civil action or appeal filed while he is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. See § 1915(g).
APPEAL DISMISSED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
See Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 541-44, 101 S.Ct. 1908, 68 L.Ed.2d 420 (1981); Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 533, 104 S.Ct. 3194, 82 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984).