James v. Bates

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 96-30499 Summary Calendar HENRY JAMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus KAY BATES, Commissioner at Nineteenth JDC; BOB HESTER, Judge at 19th JDC; MICHAEL MCDONALD, Judge at 19th JDC, Defendants-Appellees. - - - - - - - - - - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana USDC No. 96-CV-27-B-M1 - - - - - - - - - - August 14, 1996 Before DAVIS, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Henry James, a former Louisiana state prison inmate, seeks injunctive relief against five state judges and a court commissioner, relative to two pro se actions which were dismissed in October 1985. The district court did not abuse its discretion * Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4. No. 96-30499 - 2 - by dismissing James's federal lawsuit as frivolous, because it constitutes an impermissible "attempt to collaterally attack the validity of [the state court judgments]." See Chrissy F. by Medley v. MS Dept. of Pub. Welfare, 995 F.2d 595, 599 (5th Cir. 1993)(citation and quotation marks omitted), cert. denied, 114 S. Ct. 1336 (1994). JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.