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Date Created: 2023-06-08 00:01:47.302419+00
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Case: 22-10908         Document: 00516778298             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/07/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit                                        United States Court of Appeals
                                      ____________                                       Fifth Circuit

                                                                                        FILED
                                       No. 22-10908                                   June 7, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
                                     ____________
                                                                                       Clerk

   Benny R. Odem, Jr.,

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   Frances M. Odom, Unit Property Officer; Kelly M. Brown, Unit
   Property Officer; Samantha K. Sullivan, AD Review (Investigator 2),

                                               Defendants—Appellees.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 1:20-CV-42
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Benny Odem, Jr., an inmate incarcerated by the Texas Department of
   Criminal Justice, appeals the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of his
   complaint for failure to state a claim, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
   12(b)(6).

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-10908       Document: 00516778298          Page: 2   Date Filed: 06/07/2023

                                     No. 22-10908

            In his complaint, Odem alleged that three Texas Department of
   Criminal Justice employees deprived him of due process, confiscated or
   destroyed several items of his personal property, and did not properly handle
   his grievance regarding the confiscation of his property. As the district court
   determined, Texas provides an adequate post-deprivation remedy for loss of
   property, so Odem’s property deprivation claim, even when taken as true,
   fails to state a constitutional violation. Murphy v. Collins, 26 F.3d 541, 543-
   44 (5th Cir. 1994). Odem also had no federally protected interest in having
   his grievance resolved to his satisfaction. Hill v. Walker, 718 F. Appx. 243,
   250 (5th Cir. 2018) (citing Geiger v. Jowers, 404 F.3d 371, 373-374 (5th Cir.
   2005).
            This court has carefully considered this appeal in light of the briefs
   and pertinent portions of the record. Having found no reversible error, we
   AFFIRM.

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