IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-50878
Summary Calendar
MICHAEL JOSEPH FUHRMAN,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
GARY L. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION; JOSEPH B. CASAL, Warden;
JEFFREY B. CALFEE, Major; MICHAEL A. LUJUAN, Sergeant;
MARCOS C. MARTINEZ, Sergeant; GAIL R. MILLER, Ms.; JOY A.
CHADWICK; ESTEBAN SANCHEZ; PAUL WEATHERBY, Captain,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. P-01-CV-24
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March 21, 2003
Before BARKSDALE, DEMOSS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Michael Joseph Fuhrman, Texas prisoner # 531212, has
appealed the district court’s order granting his motion to
dismiss and dismissing his civil right complaint with prejudice
for failure to prosecute. Fuhrman contends that the judgment
should be reformed to provide that the dismissal was without
prejudice. Fuhrman’s claims accrued no later than January 5,
*
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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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2001, and would be barred under the applicable statute of
limitations if he attempted to reassert them in a new federal
lawsuit. See Piotrowski v. City of Houston, 237 F.3d 567, 576
(5th Cir. 2001); see also TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN.
§ 16.003(a) (West 2002). Because the interests of justice would
not be served by reformation of the judgment, the judgment is
AFFIRMED.