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Summary: Case: 15-40704 Document: 00513518735 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/24/2016 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 15-40704 Fifth Circuit FILED Summary Calendar May 24, 2016 Lyle W. Cayce JEROLD WILLIAMS, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellant v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA; SANTOS MONTEZ, Defendants-Appellees - ALEJANDRO AVILA Plaintiff-Appellant v. ANGEL DAVILA; TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL - JUSTICE C
Summary: Case: 15-40704 Document: 00513518735 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/24/2016 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 15-40704 Fifth Circuit FILED Summary Calendar May 24, 2016 Lyle W. Cayce JEROLD WILLIAMS, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellant v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA; SANTOS MONTEZ, Defendants-Appellees - ALEJANDRO AVILA Plaintiff-Appellant v. ANGEL DAVILA; TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL - JUSTICE CO..
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Case: 15-40704 Document: 00513518735 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/24/2016
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
No. 15-40704
Fifth Circuit
FILED
Summary Calendar May 24, 2016
Lyle W. Cayce
JEROLD WILLIAMS, Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA; SANTOS MONTEZ,
Defendants-Appellees
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ALEJANDRO AVILA
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
ANGEL DAVILA; TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL - JUSTICE
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION,
Defendants-Appellees
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No. 15-40704
JOSHUA MAZIQUE BURTON
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; SANTOS O. MONTEZ; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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XAVIER COOPER
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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JULIUS TIMOTHY DAWSON
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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No. 15-40704
JEROME DEGREE
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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NICHOLAS D. GRAVES; JOSHUA BURTON,
Plaintiffs-Appellants
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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LEON HARPER
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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No. 15-40704
BENJAMIN D. MARTIN
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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BILLY WAYNE MORGAN
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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TROY D. RECTOR
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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No. 15-40704
ELIAZAR M. RINCON
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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JAMES EARL SADBERRY
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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ANTONIO SHELVIN
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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No. 15-40704
BENJAMIN VALLIE
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
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JOSEPH A. WHITFIELD
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS DIVISION; ANGEL DAVILA,
Defendants-Appellees
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 3:11-CV-313
USDC No. 3:11-CV-316
USDC No. 3:11-CV-317
USDC No. 3:11-CV-318
USDC No. 3:11-CV-320
USDC No. 3:11-CV-321
USDC No. 3:11-CV-322
USDC No. 3:11-CV-325
USDC No. 3:11-CV-327
USDC No. 3:11-CV-328
USDC No. 3:11-CV-329
USDC No. 3:11-CV-339
USDC No. 3:11-CV-342
USDC No. 3:11-CV-346
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No. 15-40704
USDC No. 3:11-CV-347
USDC No. 3:11-CV-348
Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and DAVIS and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Sixteen Texas state prisoners filed separate civil rights complaints in
state court against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional
Institutions Divisions (TDCJ) and Correctional Officers Santos Montez and
Angel Davila. The cases were removed to federal court and consolidated by the
district court for pretrial and, if needed, trial purposes. The district court
granted the defendants’ motions for summary judgment in part, dismissing the
claims against Officer Montez and the TDCJ. The court also dismissed the
claims as moot of ten plaintiffs no longer housed at the Terrell Unit. The
plaintiffs whose claims were dismissed as moot were identified in the court’s
memorandum opinion as Jerold Williams, Alejandro Avila, Joshua Mazique
Burton, Xavier Cooper, Benjamin Martin, Benjamin Vallie, Jr., Billy Wayne
Morgan, Jerome Degree, Leon Harper, and Eliazar M. Rincon. Another
plaintiff, Troy D. Rector, was dismissed based on information that he had been
killed. However, the district court denied the defendants’ motion for summary
judgment as to claims concerning Officer Davila, finding that the claims
against Davila were redressable in the event that the plaintiffs prevailed at
trial.
On the same date as its memorandum opinion granting in part and
denying in part the motion for summary judgment, the district court entered a
“final judgment” dismissing the case with prejudice as moot based on its
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.
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memorandum opinions and orders. In the memorandum opinions and orders,
the district court did not dismiss the claims of plaintiffs Julius Timothy
Dawson, Nicholas D. Graves, James Earl Sadberry, Antonio Shelvin, and
Joseph A. Whitfield.
“This Court must examine the basis of its jurisdiction, on its own motion,
if necessary.” Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987). Because the
claims of five plaintiffs remain pending in the district court, we lack
jurisdiction over this appeal. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 1292(a),(b); FED. R. CIV.
P. 54(b); Martin v. Halliburton,
618 F.3d 476, 481 (5th Cir. 2010); Briargrove
Shopping Ctr. Joint Venture v. Pilgrim Enters., Inc.,
170 F.3d 536, 538-41 (5th
Cir. 1999).
Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
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