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Summary: Case: 15-10379 Document: 00514561853 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/19/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 15-10379 Fifth Circuit FILED Summary Calendar July 19, 2018 Lyle W. Cayce JEFFREY MICHAEL WINBLAD, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellant v. GLORIA DAVILA, Administration Assistant III, Texas Department of Criminal Justice; NALLELY MADRID, Mail Room Clerk II, Texas Department of Criminal Justice; MIRANDA BARRERA, Mail Room Clerk II, Texas Departmen
Summary: Case: 15-10379 Document: 00514561853 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/19/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 15-10379 Fifth Circuit FILED Summary Calendar July 19, 2018 Lyle W. Cayce JEFFREY MICHAEL WINBLAD, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellant v. GLORIA DAVILA, Administration Assistant III, Texas Department of Criminal Justice; NALLELY MADRID, Mail Room Clerk II, Texas Department of Criminal Justice; MIRANDA BARRERA, Mail Room Clerk II, Texas Department..
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Case: 15-10379 Document: 00514561853 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/19/2018
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
No. 15-10379
Fifth Circuit
FILED
Summary Calendar July 19, 2018
Lyle W. Cayce
JEFFREY MICHAEL WINBLAD, Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
GLORIA DAVILA, Administration Assistant III, Texas Department of
Criminal Justice; NALLELY MADRID, Mail Room Clerk II, Texas Department
of Criminal Justice; MIRANDA BARRERA, Mail Room Clerk II, Texas
Department of Criminal Justice,
Defendants-Appellees
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:14-CV-73
Before BENAVIDES, HAYNES, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Jeffrey Michael Winblad, Texas prisoner # 1801200, appeals the
dismissal for failure to state a claim of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit alleging that
the defendants violated his constitutional rights by requiring, pursuant to
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Board Policy 03.91, that he open for
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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inspection outgoing mail addressed to his Idaho probation officer. See 28
U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and 1915A(b)(1). We review dismissals for failure
to state a claim under §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and 1915A(b)(1) using the same de
novo standard of review applicable to dismissals made pursuant to Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Legate v. Livingston,
822 F.3d 207, 209-10
(5th Cir. 2016). A complaint fails to state a claim when it does not contain
sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is
plausible on its face. Ashcroft v. Iqbal,
556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009).
Winblad does not argue that the magistrate judge erred by dismissing
his claims that the appellees’ actions violated his Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth
Amendment rights; accordingly, he has abandoned any such claims. See Yohey
v. Collins,
985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993); Brinkmann v. Dallas County
Deputy Sheriff Abner,
813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). However, Winblad is
correct that his pro se complaint, as supplemented by testimony pursuant to
Spears v. McCotter,
766 F.2d 179 (5th Cir. 1985), is sufficient to state a First
Amendment claim. See
Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678; Turner v. Safley,
482 U.S. 78,
89-91 (1987); Samford v. Dretke,
562 F.3d 674, 678-79 (5th Cir. 2009).
Accordingly the judgment of the magistrate judge is AFFIRMED IN
PART and VACATED AND REMANDED IN PART. We do not opine regarding
the ultimate merits of Winblad’s First Amendment claim.
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