Opinion
No. 06-31134 Conference Calendar.
December 10, 2008.
Nathan Rollins, Angola, LA, pro se.
Jennifer M. Medley, Office of the Attorney General for The State of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, USDC No. 2:05-CV-1961.
Before DAVIS, WIENER, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Nathan Rollins, Louisiana prisoner # 131530, appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against various Louisiana Department of Corrections officers. He also moves for oral argument on appeal and for the exclusion of evidence introduced in the district court.
Rollins argues on appeal that the evidence does not support the magistrate judge's determination, which the district court adopted, that Rollins's excessive force claims against Officers Keith Bickham, Johnny Gerald, and Rick Warren were not supported by a preponderance of the evidence. However, Rollins has not demonstrated that the magistrate judge's factual and credibility determinations concerning these claims constituted clear error. See Baldwin v. Stalder, 137 F.3d 836, 839 (5th Cir. 1998).
Rollins does not challenge the district court's dismissal of his claims against the Washington Correctional Institute, Officer Robert Tanner, and Officer Wayne Kennedy for failure to exhaust administrative remedies or, in the case of Officer Kennedy, as barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). Accordingly, he has abandoned these claims. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987).
AFFIRMED; ALL PENDING MOTIONS DENIED.