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Summary: Case: 12-12340 Date Filed: 07/29/2013 Page: 1 of 8 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 12-12340 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 2:08-cv-00419-MEF-WC DERRICK MYRON LLOYD, a.k.a. Rashad Abdul Hamid, Plaintiff-Appellant. versus DAVID T. MARSHALL, ROBERT THOMPSON, S. TALLEY, DAVID HENDERSON, SYLVESTER MARTIN, Defendants-Appellees. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama _ (July 29, 2013) Before HULL,
Summary: Case: 12-12340 Date Filed: 07/29/2013 Page: 1 of 8 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 12-12340 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 2:08-cv-00419-MEF-WC DERRICK MYRON LLOYD, a.k.a. Rashad Abdul Hamid, Plaintiff-Appellant. versus DAVID T. MARSHALL, ROBERT THOMPSON, S. TALLEY, DAVID HENDERSON, SYLVESTER MARTIN, Defendants-Appellees. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama _ (July 29, 2013) Before HULL, P..
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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 12-12340
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 2:08-cv-00419-MEF-WC
DERRICK MYRON LLOYD,
a.k.a. Rashad Abdul Hamid,
Plaintiff-Appellant.
versus
DAVID T. MARSHALL,
ROBERT THOMPSON,
S. TALLEY,
DAVID HENDERSON,
SYLVESTER MARTIN,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Alabama
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(July 29, 2013)
Before HULL, PRYOR and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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Derrick Lloyd appeals pro se the summary judgment against his complaint
about the violation of his constitutional rights by the Sheriff of Montgomery
County, Alabama, David T. Marshall; an agent of the United States Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, David Henderson; and three officers of the Alabama
Highway Patrol, Robert Thompson, Stan Talley, and Sylvester Martin. See 42
U.S.C. § 1983; Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of
Narcotics,
403 U.S. 388,
91 S. Ct. 1999 (1971). We affirm.
Lloyd applied for an identification card at the Driver’s License Office in
Montgomery, Alabama, using a social security card in the name of Rashad A.
Hamid and a birth certificate in the same name issued by the State of New Jersey.
A license examiner suspected that the social security card was fraudulent because
it had “raised areas and faint printing” and took the documents to Trooper
Thompson, who verified identification documents for the license office.
Thompson entered the social security number on a government database and
discovered that the date of birth associated with the identification number did not
match the birthdate listed on the birth certificate.
Lloyd agreed to talk to Troopers Thompson and Talley in the state troopers’
office located in a different section of the building. Lloyd asserted that his
identification documents were authentic and that he had encountered problems
previously with his social security card, but after being told that the card was
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fraudulent, Lloyd lowered his head, fidgeted in his chair, and refused to answer
any additional questions. Talley told Lloyd that he was being arrested and to place
his hands on the wall for a pat-down search. Lloyd complied initially, but stymied
the search by turning around repeatedly to ask questions. Talley then instructed
Lloyd to place his hands behind his back, but that process was interrupted when
Agent Henderson stepped into the office and Lloyd tried to flee. Thompson,
Talley, and Henderson pushed Lloyd on the ground, where he resisted being
arrested until restrained with handcuffs.
Lloyd refused to provide his name and was fingerprinted. An identity check
revealed that Lloyd had outstanding warrants in New York for violating parole and
homicide. Thompson, Talley, and Martin then transported Lloyd to the
Montgomery County Detention Facility and booked him for violating state law by
possessing a forged instrument and resisting arrest. Lloyd did not complain of or
have any noticeable injuries when he entered the detention facility.
Lloyd was charged in the district court for misusing a social security
number, 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B), and possession of a fraudulent means of
identification, 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(6), and later convicted of both crimes. Lloyd
also was indicted by a grand jury in Alabama for possessing a forged instrument,
Ala. Code § 13A-9-6(a), and resisting arrest, id. § 13A-10-41(a). A state
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prosecutor nol prossed the charge for possessing a forged instrument, and Lloyd
was found guilty of resisting arrest following a bench trial.
Lloyd filed a civil complaint in the district court against the state troopers,
Agent Henderson, and Sheriff Marshall. Lloyd complained about being
interviewed without receiving advice under Miranda v. Arizona,
384 U.S. 436,
86
S. Ct. 1602 (1966); false arrest; the use of excessive force; an unlawful
fingerprinting; being discriminated against because of his Islamic name; being
misclassified at the detention center; being denied his rights to counsel and a
speedy trial; and being prosecuted successively in the state and federal courts. The
state troopers and Agent Henderson moved for summary judgment on the basis of
qualified immunity and submitted affidavits and the arrest report in support of their
motions. Sheriff Marshall filed a special report in which he argued that Lloyd did
not exhaust his administrative remedies.
A magistrate judge filed a report recommending that the district court enter
summary judgment against Lloyd’s complaint. The magistrate judge concluded
that the officers had probable cause to arrest Lloyd; had not violated Lloyd’s right
to equal protection by discriminating against him based on his Islamic name; had
not obtained Lloyd’s fingerprints unlawfully; and had not used excessive force
during the arrest. The magistrate judge also concluded that the failure to advise
Lloyd of his Miranda rights was not a compensable injury; his successive
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prosecutions did not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment;
and he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies with regard to his conditions
of confinement. The district court adopted the report of the magistrate judge and
dismissed Lloyd’s complaint with prejudice.
We review a summary judgment de novo. Rioux v. City of Atlanta, Ga.,
520
F.3d 1269, 1274 (11th Cir. 2008). The moving party bears the initial burden of
establishing there is no genuine dispute of material fact, but “[o]nce the movant
adequately supports its motion, the burden shifts to the nonmoving party to show
that specific facts exist that raise a genuine issue for trial.” Dietz v. Smithkline
Beecham Corp.,
598 F.3d 812, 815 (11th Cir. 2010). To survive a motion for
summary judgment, the nonmovant must establish that “a fair-minded jury could
return a verdict [in his favor] on the evidence presented.” Anderson v. Liberty
Lobby, Inc.,
477 U.S. 242, 252,
106 S. Ct. 2505, 2512 (1986).
The district court correctly entered summary judgment in favor of Sheriff
Marshall and against Lloyd’s complaints about his classification at the detention
center. Under the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act of 1996, “[n]o action shall be
brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title . . . by a
prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or correctional facility until such
administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a).
The undisputed evidence establishes that the detention center provides a grievance
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procedure for inmates; Lloyd failed to file any grievance about the conditions of
his confinement; and Lloyd was aware of and used the grievance procedure to
complain about a delay in mailing a letter to his wife. Lloyd argues that the
grievance process is “long and drawn out” and the Sheriff received notice of the
grievances in the complaint, but he does not dispute that he failed to comply with
the mandatory exhaustion requirement.
The district court also did not err by granting summary judgment in favor of
the state troopers and Agent Henderson and against Lloyd’s complaints regarding
his arrest. Even if we were to assume that Lloyd had been entitled to a Miranda
warning, “failing to follow Miranda procedures . . . does not violate any
substantive Fifth Amendment right such that a cause of action for money damages
under § 1983 is created.” Jones v. Cannon,
174 F.3d 1271, 1291 (11th Cir. 1999).
The officers had probable cause to arrest Lloyd for possessing an altered social
security card, and that created “an absolute bar to . . . [his] constitutional challenge
to [his] arrest.” See Brown v. City of Huntsville, Ala.,
608 F.3d 724, 734 (11th
Cir. 2010). And Lloyd failed to present any evidence that the officers arrested him
for using an Islamic name, which was required for Lloyd to prevail on his claim
that the officers violated his right of equal protection. See Village of Arlington
Heights v. Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp.,
429 U.S. 252, 265,
97 S. Ct. 555, 563 (1977)
(“Proof of . . . discriminatory intent or purpose is required to show a violation of
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the Equal Protection Clause.”). Lloyd was arrested lawfully, after which the
officers were entitled to take his fingerprints to identify him. See United States v.
Farias-Gonzalez,
556 F.3d 1181, 1189 (11th Cir. 2009). Lloyd also failed to
establish that the officers used more force than necessary to capture and restrain
him. See Nolin v. Isbell,
207 F.3d 1253, 1255–57 (11th Cir. 2000). Lloyd
attempted to escape from custody, and he later admitted that he resisted arrest, the
use of force ended when he was handcuffed, and he did not suffer any injuries.
Lloyd argues about being subjected to double jeopardy and denied his
constitutional rights to a speedy trial, counsel, and to use his Islamic name, but
these arguments fail. Lloyd’s argument that his prosecution in the federal and state
courts violated the Double Jeopardy Clause lacks merit, see Abbate v. United
States,
359 U.S. 187, 189–96,
79 S. Ct. 666, 668–71 (1959), and fails because a
judgment in his favor “would necessarily imply the invalidity of [his]
conviction[s],” see Heck v. Humphrey,
512 U.S. 477, 487,
114 S. Ct. 2364, 2372
(1994). Lloyd argues summarily that he was deprived of a speedy trial and counsel
to defend him, but he has waived these issues by failing to provide any substantive
argument about them in his brief. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(6); Old W. Annuity &
Life Ins. Co. v. Apollo Grp.,
605 F.3d 856, 860 n.1 (11th Cir. 2010). Lloyd also
argues, for the first time on appeal, that the state troopers burdened his “right to
identify himself by his [Islamic] name,” in violation of the Religious Land Use and
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Institutionalized Persons Act, but we decline to consider an argument that he did
not present to the district court. See Access Now, Inc. v. Sw. Airlines Co.,
385
F.3d 1324, 1331 (11th Cir. 2004).
We AFFIRM the summary judgment in favor of the state troopers, Agent
Henderson, and Sheriff Marshall.
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