Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1998No. 97-20950PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Per curiam
Wisting Fierro Ruiz, federal prisoner No. 59534r-079, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. In his appellate brief, Ruiz challenges the dismissal of his claims based on the prison officials’ failure to deliver to him incoming mail notifying him of final judgments dismissing a~28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion and a(FED.R.Civ.P. 41£e)-motion for return of property. Primarily due to Ruiz’s transfer to another prison facility, he did not receive notice of the dismissals until after the appellate deadlines had passed. Because of this lost opportunity to appeal the…
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