Mahogany v. Stalder et al

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REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re 1 Complaint filed by Richard Mahogany, Jr Objections to R&R due by 5/18/2006. Signed by Judge Alma L. Chasez.(ijg, )

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA RICHARD MAHOGANY, JR. VERSUS RICHARD STALDER, ET AL. CIVIL ACTION NUMBER: 06-2293 SECTION: "I"(5)

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

This 42 U.S.C. §1983 proceeding was filed

in forma pauperis

by pro se plaintiff, Richard Mahogany, Jr., against defendants Richard Stalder, Secretary Warden of the Louisiana of Department the of

Corrections

("DOC"),

Jim

Rogers

Washington

Correctional Institute ("WCI"), Angie, Louisiana, and Chairman Lynn McCloud. Plaintiff is an inmate alleges that prison disciplinary

proceedings which were brought against him and which resulted in the loss of ninety days of "good time" credits were flawed in that he was never provided with a written statement of the evidence relied upon or the reasons for the punishment that was imposed. In

his prayer for relief, Mahogany asks that the lost good time

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credits be restored to him, that the results of the disciplinary proceedings be expunged from his prison record, and that he be awarded monetary damages to remedy the alleged due process

violation. Unless and until Mahogany is able to have his disciplinary conviction reversed, expunged, or otherwise declared invalid by a tribunal authorized to make such a determination, he has no §1983 claim for damages and for reinstatement of his lost good time credits. Muhammad v. Close, 540 U.S. 749, 750-51, 124 S.Ct. 1303,

1304 (2004)(citing Edwards v. Balisok, 520 U.S. 641, 117 S.Ct. 1584 (1997)); Clarke v. Stalder, 154 F.3d 186, 189 (5th Cir. 1998)(en banc), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1151, 119 S.Ct. 1052 (1999).

Accordingly, it will be recommended that plaintiff's §1983 claim be dismissed with prejudice to it being asserted again when the Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364 (1994) conditions are met. Johnson v. McElveen, 101 F.3d 423, 424 (5th Cir. 1996). RECOMMENDATION For the foregoing reasons, it is recommended that plaintiff's §1983 claim be dismissed with prejudice to it being asserted again when the Heck conditions are met. A party's failure to file written objections to the proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendation contained in a magistrate judge's report and recommendation within 10 days after being served with a copy shall bar that party, except upon grounds of plain

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error, from attacking on appeal the unobjected-to proposed factual findings and legal conclusions accepted by the district court, provided that the party has been served with notice that such consequences will result from a failure to object. Douglass v.

United Services Auto. Assoc., 79 is a Test1415 (5th Cir. 1996)(en banc). Hello This F.3d

May New Orleans, Louisiana, this _____ day of _________________, 5th
2006.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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