Hill v. Mississippi Board of Certified Court Reporters
Hill v. Mississippi Board of Certified Court Reporters
Opinion of the Court
Russell Keith Hill, Mississippi prisoner # L3506, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). He argues that the district court erred in construing his requests for injunctive and declaratory relief as unexhausted requests for habeas relief and, additionally, that the district court erred in dismissing his claims for monetary damages pursuant to Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994), without first affording him the opportunity to amend his complaint.
Assuming arguendo that the district court erroneously construed Hill’s claims as implicating the validity of his conviction and challenging the fact of his confinement, the court’s ultimate dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim was not error. None of the acts of the defendants as alleged by Hill involved the violation of a constitutional right, and, therefore, he has failed to state a § 1983 claim. See Orellana v. Kyle, 65 F.3d 29, 31 (5th Cir. 1995). Hill’s proposed amendment to his complaint fails to cure this deficiency. See Kane Enters. v. MacGregor (USA), Inc., 322 F.3d 371, 374 (5th Cir. 2003).
We therefore affirm on alternative grounds the dismissal for failure to state a
AFFIRMED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
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