Legal Opinion

Rice v. Doe

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 8, 2009No. 08-20381UnpublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Skyler Thomas Rice, federal prisoner #38736-179, appeals, pro se, the district court’s dismissal of his complaint arising under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). Rice claims the district court erred in dismissing his complaint for want of prosecution because he made every reasonable effort to comply with the court’s request to provide the names and addresses of the unidentified defendants. Rice asserts the court was aware that he required the court’s intervention to obtain the full names of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Larson v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  3. Joseph Long v. Vera Simmons, Lt.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  4. Christopher Columbus Cooper v. O.A. Brookshire, Sheriff of Ector County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  5. Tello v. CIRCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005

3Cited by11 opinions

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  5. Eric Lane Glaskox v. John Ledbetter, et al.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2026

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