Court Opinion

ID: 22364
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2010-04-25 07:54:43+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:04:09.585408
License: Public Domain

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                           No. 00-60353
                         Summary Calendar

DAVID GRAY,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

DAVID TURNER, Superintendent
Southern Mississippi Correctional
Institution; MICHAEL BERNHARDT, Captain,
Southern Mississippi Correctional
Institution; HUBERT JORDAN, Lieutenant,
Southern Mississippi Correctional
Institution; JERRY WALLY, Lieutenant,
Southern Mississippi Correctional Institution;
JACKIE LANCASTER, Lieutenant, Southern
Mississippi Correctional Institution;
RANDY ANDERSON, Lieutenant, Southern Mississippi
Correctional Institution; ARTIS BYRD, Sergeant,
Southern Mississippi Correctional Institution;
ANDREW MILLS; ANN REID, Case Manager;
SHELIA FANCHER, Deputy Warden,

                                         Defendants-Appellees.

                       - - - - - - - - - -
          Appeal from the United States District Court
            for the Southern District of Mississippi
                     USDC No. 2-99-CV-64-PC
                       - - - - - - - - - -
                         November 2, 2000

Before DAVIS, JONES, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     David Gray, Mississippi prisoner # 01440, appeals from the

magistrate judge’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint

     *
        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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
                            No. 00-60353
                                 -2-

for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii).   Gray alleges that the defendants retaliated

against him for filing a prior civil action.

     A dismissal of an in forma pauperis complaint for failure to

state a claim pursuant to § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) is reviewed de

novo.   See Black v. Warren, 134 F.3d 732, 734 (5th Cir. 1998).

To establish a claim of retaliation, a prisoner must show “(1) a

specific constitutional right, (2) the defendant’s intent to

retaliate against the prisoner for his or her exercise of that

right, (3) a retaliatory adverse act, and (4) causation.”

McDonald v. Steward, 132 F.3d 225, 231 (5th Cir. 1998).

     Gray has failed to allege more than his personal belief that

he is the victim of retaliation.   Johnson v. Rodriguez, 110 F.3d
299, 310 (5th Cir. 1997).   Because Gray has failed to state a

valid claim for retaliation, the judgment of the district court

is AFFIRMED.