Filed: Jun. 29, 1999
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Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 98-50606 Summary Calendar HERMAN WHITE, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus AMALIA R. MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellee. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. A-97-CV-855 _ June 29, 1999 Before DAVIS, DUHÉ and PARKER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Herman White, Texas prisoner # 684880, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment against White and the dismissal of his
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 98-50606 Summary Calendar HERMAN WHITE, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus AMALIA R. MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellee. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. A-97-CV-855 _ June 29, 1999 Before DAVIS, DUHÉ and PARKER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Herman White, Texas prisoner # 684880, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment against White and the dismissal of his ..
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-50606
Summary Calendar
HERMAN WHITE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
AMALIA R. MENDOZA,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. A-97-CV-855
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June 29, 1999
Before DAVIS, DUHÉ and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Herman White, Texas prisoner # 684880, proceeding pro se,
appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment against
White and the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit. He argues
that Amalia Mendoza, clerk of the state district court for Travis
County, violated White’s right of access to the courts when she
failed to timely forward his state habeas record to the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals in accordance with TEX. CODE CRIM. P.
*
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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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art. 11.07 § 3(b) and (c) and the state district court judge’s
order that the record be so transmitted.
We review the grant of summary judgment de novo. Guillory
v. Domtar Industries, Inc.,
95 F.3d 1320, 1326 (5th Cir. 1996).
Summary judgment is warranted when “the pleadings, depositions,
answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with
the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to
any material fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c); Celotex Corp. v.
Catrett,
477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986).
The summary judgment evidence showed that Mendoza was not
personally involved with the forwarding of White’s state habeas
record to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, that Mendoza could
not otherwise be held liable in her supervisory capacity, and
that White failed to show how he was prejudiced by the delayed
transmittal of his state habeas record to the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals. The district court properly granted Mendoza’s
summary judgment motion, denied of White’s motion for summary
judgment, and dismissed White’s § 1983 suit.
White’s motion for this court to issue a certificate of
appealability is DENIED as unnecessary and his motion to appoint
appellate counsel is DENIED.
AFFIRMED. MOTIONS DENIED.
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