Stringer v. Daniels

PER CURIAM: * Charles L. Stringer appeals the district court’s dismissal of his lawsuit raising claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1343 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He moves that this court strike the appellees’ briefs because they were not filed within 30 days of the date he served his brief. This motion is DENIED. Stringer asserts that the district court erred in denying his motion for recusal because the district court judge was related to a Hinds County Supervisor and because of business and work relationships between the judge and two defense attorneys. He has not established that the district court abused its discretion in denying his motion. See Trevino v. Johnson, 168 F.3d 173, 178 (5th Cir.1999); United States v. MMR Corp., 954 F.2d 1040, 1045-46 (5th Cir.1992). Stringer contends that the district court erred in dismissing his claims against the defendants on the grounds of res judicata. We review this claim de novo. See Schmueser v. Burkburnett Bank, 937 F.2d 1025, 1031 (5th Cir.1991). Stringer has not established that the district court erred in dismissing the complaint on res judicata grounds, in light of his 1999 complaint raising claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 arising out of the same set of operative facts. See Vines v. Univ. of Louisiana at Monroe, 398 F.3d 700, 709 (5th Cir.2005), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 1019, 163 L.Ed.2d 852 (2006). Stringer also asserts that the 1999 lawsuit should not have been dismissed with prejudice because he was proceeding pro se. Stringer should have raised this claim in an appeal of the adverse ruling in that case; he may not do so in the instant proceeding. The judgment of the district court is thus AFFIRMED. Footnotes [*] Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.