Stanley Stephens v. State of Texas , 506 F. App'x 287 ( 2013 )

Case: 12-10578 Document: 00512103236 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/07/2013
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
January 7, 2013
No. 12-10578
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
STANLEY WAYNE STEPHENS, also known as Stanley J. Stevens,
Petitioner - Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Respondent - Appellee
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:12-CV-249
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, OWEN, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Stanley Stephens appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of
mandamus, which he filed while detained at the Tarrant County jail. The
district court determined that Stephens had not paid a $150 monetary sanction
imposed in a prior case, and it dismissed Stephens’ mandamus petition because
it had been filed in violation of the standing sanction order.
Stephens raises a number of claims for relief based on his arrest,
detention, and prosecution. Nonetheless, he does not dispute the district court’s
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
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determination that he has not paid the monetary sanction, nor does he contend
that his mandamus petition is not subject to the preclusion order set forth in the
prior case. Stephens has failed to show that the district court abused its
discretion in dismissing his action for failure to comply with the standing
sanction order. See Gelabert v. Lynaugh, 894 F.2d 746, 747-48 (5th Cir. 1990).
AFFIRMED.
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