Tommy Willis v. Anthony Howard, Jr.

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: September 22, 2020
• Docket: 19-20700
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 19-20700 Document: 00515574537 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/22/2020

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

FILED No. 19-20700 September 22, 2020 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk

Tommy Willis,

Plaintiff—Appellant,

versus

Anthony Howard, Jr., Sergeant; Neil Hinson, Sergeant; Gabriel Mendoza, COIII; UTMB at Galveston; TDCJ-ID Transportation,

Defendants—Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 4:17-CV-1594

Before Wiener, Southwick, and Duncan, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:* Tommy Willis, Texas prisoner # 794591, appeals from the district court’s orders entered in his civil rights action commenced pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 denying him relief on his motions to reinstate the case, to

* Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4. Case: 19-20700 Document: 00515574537 Page: 2 Date Filed: 09/22/2020

No. 19-20700

appoint counsel, for leave to amend his complaint, for an extension of the discovery period, to compel discovery, and for a temporary restraining order. The interlocutory orders at issue are not appealable orders. See Williams v. Catoe, 946 F.3d 278, 279-81 (5th Cir. 2020) (en banc); Askanase v. Livingwell, Inc., 981 F.2d 807, 809-10 (5th Cir. 1993). Accordingly, we DISMISS the appeal for want of jurisdiction. We DENY as moot Willis’s motion to appoint counsel, motion for leave to file motion to correct errors, motion to expedite the appeal, and motion to vacate order staying case.