Villegas v. Joe Corely Detention Facility
Villegas v. Joe Corely Detention Facility
Opinion of the Court
Pete Joe Villegas, federal prisoner # 20355-179, brought this civil rights action alleging that he had been deprived of his right of access to the courts due to the lack of an adequate prison library and to the actions of the defendants in taking his legal materials from him. More specifically, Villegas alleged that the defendants’ actions and omissions resulted in his inability to meet deadlines and respond timely to court orders in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding challenging a state parole revocation and to file a timely 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging federal firearms convictions that served as the basis for the parole revocation.
We reject also the contention that Ville-gas should have been given the opportunity to amend his complaint. As Villegas had alleged his best case, denying him an opportunity to amend was not error. See Bazrowx v. Scott, 136 F.3d 1053, 1054 (5th Cir. 1998).
Additionally, we reject the argument that it was an abuse of discretion to deny Villegas’s Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motions. Villegas identifies no basis for concluding that the district court abused its discretion. See Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty. Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
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