Case Name: Robert Richard TAYLOR, II, Petitioner-Appellant v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-01-21
Citations: 552 F. App'x 368
Docket Number: No. 13-10140
Parties: Robert Richard TAYLOR, II, Petitioner-Appellant v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before KING, DAVIS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 552
Pages: 368–369

Head Matter:
Robert Richard TAYLOR, II, Petitioner-Appellant v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-10140
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 21, 2014.
Robert Richard Taylor, II, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.
Melissa L. Hargis, Kelly Michelle Crox-ton, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before KING, DAVIS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Robert Richard Taylor, II, Texas prisoner # 1530454, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography with intent to promote, which resulted in two concurrent 10-year and two concurrent 15-year sentences. He appeals the district court's denial of a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus to obtain the return of the documents filed in his purported 28 U.S.C. § 2241 proceeding and the denial of his motion to recuse the trial judge. At the time these motions were filed, the district court had already dismissed Taylor's § 2241 petition in part as an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application and denied it in part on the merits.
The majority of Taylor's brief consists of challenges to the validity of his state convictions and the district court's reconstruction of his § 2241 petition as arising under § 2254. However, he had voluntarily dismissed his appeal following the district court's rejection of his habeas proceeding, and his current notice of appeal is not timely from that final judgment. See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007). Accordingly, we decline to consider these claims.
To the extent that Taylor challenges the district court's refusal to order the return of his § 2241 petition and his supporting exhibits, he cites to no authority establish ing that he is entitled to such relief. Because he has not shown that any government officer or employee owed him the return of those documents, the district court properly denied Taylor's request for a writ of mandamus. See 28 U.S.C. § 1361. As for Taylor's assertion that the district judge should have recused himself from the case, his allegations of the adverse decisions are insufficient to support a claim of bias. See Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 555, 114 S.Ct. 1147, 127 L.Ed.2d 474 (1994).
Because Taylor has not established error in the denial of his motions, the district court's orders are AFFIRMED. In light of this ruling, 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.