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Summary: Case: 18-40771 Document: 00515033620 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/15/2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 18-40771 July 15, 2019 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk JONAS YBARRA, JR., Plaintiff–Appellant, versus TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION; ADELA M. GONZALEZ; JAY WONG; JORGE PERRY; FERNANDO DE LUNA; MARIO GOMEZ, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas No. 1:17
Summary: Case: 18-40771 Document: 00515033620 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/15/2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 18-40771 July 15, 2019 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk JONAS YBARRA, JR., Plaintiff–Appellant, versus TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION; ADELA M. GONZALEZ; JAY WONG; JORGE PERRY; FERNANDO DE LUNA; MARIO GOMEZ, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas No. 1:17-..
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Case: 18-40771 Document: 00515033620 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/15/2019
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 18-40771 July 15, 2019
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
JONAS YBARRA, JR.,
Plaintiff–Appellant,
versus
TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION;
ADELA M. GONZALEZ; JAY WONG; JORGE PERRY;
FERNANDO DE LUNA; MARIO GOMEZ,
Defendants−Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
No. 1:17-CV-174
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Jonas Ybarra was fired first by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment (“ICE”) and then by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in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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He sued three of his former colleagues at ICE, the Commission, and two former
coworkers at the Commission on various theories, including a Bivens remedy
against the federal defendants and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the state defen-
dants. He claimed retaliation, sex discrimination, and multiple violations of
his civil rights and conversion of property.
The magistrate judge issued a comprehensive 27-page Report and
Recommendation that recommended dismissal of all claims. The district court
adopted the recommendation in a judgment of dismissal. Ybarra appeals as to
some of the denied claims.
We have reviewed the briefs, pertinent parts of the record, and the
applicable law and have heard the arguments of counsel. The judgment of
dismissal is AFFIRMED, essentially for the reasons amply explained by the
magistrate judge as to the issues that have been appealed.
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