Jones v. Epps

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jones v. Epps, 265 F. App'x 432 (5th Cir. 2008)
Garwood, Garza, Owen, Per Curiam

Jones v. Epps

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

Robert C. Jones, Mississippi prisoner # R5912, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that he was exposed to inhumane conditions of confinement during his nine-month stint in the South Mississippi Correctional Institution II Lockdown Unit. He sought injunctive relief as well as monetary damages. The magistrate judge (MJ) dismissed the complaint with prejudice following an omnibus hearing on Jones’s claims.

*433 Jones argues that the MJ erred in dismissing his case as moot. The MJ dismissed only Jones’s request for injunctive relief as moot because Jones was no longer housed in the Lockdown Unit. Jones has not demonstrated a reasonable expectation that he will once again be imprisoned in the Lockdown Unit and subjected to the same conditions. Thus, despite Jones’s contention to the contrary, his case does not fall within the exception to the mootness doctrine. See Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 17-18, 118 S.Ct. 978, 140 L.Ed.2d 43 (1998).

Jones argues that the MJ erred in dismissing his complaint on the grounds that he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. The MJ’s dismissal in this regard relied on Jones’s statements made at the omnibus hearing. We cannot effectively review this issue because Jones has failed to provide a transcript of the hearing. We therefore dismiss Jones’s appeal. Richardson v. Henry, 902 F.2d 414, 416 (5th Cir. 1990).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

*

Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under die limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

Reference

Full Case Name
Robert C. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Christopher B. EPPS, Commissioner of Mississippi Department of Corrections; Ronald King, Superintendent; Glenn Spann, Administrator, Defendants-Appellees
Status
Unpublished