Wargo v. Bowles

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: March 4, 2004
• Docket: 97-11025
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _____________________

No. 97-11025 Summary Calendar _____________________

RANDY GEORGE WARGO, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

LARRY RICKEY ALLEN; JESSE ALVIN PURSCHE; RANDY GEORGE WARGO; FREDERICK V. CANADY,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, versus

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County, ET AL.,

Defendants-Appellees. ______________________________________

DON EVERETTE SPENCE, JR.,

Plaintiff-Appellant, versus

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County, ET AL., Defendants,

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County,

Defendant-Appellee. ______________________________________

AHMED A AZZEEM,

JIM BOWLES,

CURTIS ERIN DYSON,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

DALLAS COUNTY JAIL, ET AL., Defendants, JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County,

Appellee. ______________________________________

ROBERT LOUIS BABERS,

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County, ET AL., Defendants, JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County,

CEDRIC MARK ALEXANDER,

JIM BOWLES, Sheriff of Dallas County, ET AL., Defendants, JIM BOWLES, Sheriff,

KEVIN EUGENE TURNER,

Defendant-Appellee.

______________________________________

TYRONE RAY COTTON,

JIM BOWLES, ET AL., Defendants,

2 JIM BOWLES,

Defendant-Appellee. _________________________________________________________________

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:93-CV-2052-BD _________________________________________________________________

August 31, 1999

Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The following eleven Texas inmates (the “plaintiffs”) appeal

the bench trial judgment against them: Larry Rickey Allen

(#705591), Cedric Mark Alexander (#659719), Ahmed A. Azzeem

(#190254), Robert Louis Babers (#651148), Frederick V. Canady

(#377737), Tyrone Ray Cotton (#565930), Curtis Erin Dyson

(#712691), Jesse Alvin Pursche (#625502), Don Everette Spence, Jr.

(#664088), Kevin Eugene Turner (#622481), and Randy George Wargo

(#665739).

Allen’s motion for appointment of counsel on appeal is DENIED.

Azzeem’s “motion to correct style and cause number of case” is

DENIED as unnecessary.

The magistrate judge dismissed the plaintiffs’ various claims

alleging overcrowded conditions, inadequate sanitation, inadequate

security, and inadequate medical care at the Dallas County Jail.

* 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.

3 We have carefully reviewed the record and the briefs of the parties

and find no reversible error. The magistrate judge entered a

lengthy and thorough opinion, which included numerous findings of

fact and conclusions of law. The plaintiffs have failed to

demonstrate that any of the magistrate judge’s factual findings are

clearly erroneous. See Baldwin v. Stalder, 137 F.3d 836, 839 (5th

Cir. 1998). Furthermore, the magistrate judge did not abuse his

discretion in refusing to certify a class action. See Allison v.

Citgo Petroleum Corp., 151 F.3d 402, 408 (5th Cir. 1998). Finally,

because neither the rights to confrontation and cross-examination

nor the right to effective assistance of counsel apply to civil

proceedings, plaintiffs’ arguments regarding these issues are not

considered. See Woolsey v. Nat’l Transp. Safety Bd., 993 F.2d 516,

521 (5th Cir. 1993); Sanchez v. United States Postal Service, 785

F.2d 1236, 1237 (5th Cir. 1986).

A F F I R M E D.