HERNANDEZ v. VELASQUEZ

No. 06-40426.

522 F.3d 556 (2008)

Robert Z. HERNANDEZ, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arthur H. VELASQUEZ; Steven R. Swift; Laurence P. Ching; Agrello Villareal; E. Franco; H. Barrera; M.K. McCleary; Albert Deleon; William J. Dugger; Michael P. Geerde; Ronda L. Camby; Jeffrey E. Newman; Donald R. Wilson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Z. Hernandez, Jr., Abilene, TX, pro se.

Harold Joseph Liller, Jr., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Robert Z. Hernandez, Texas prisoner # 837364, brought this § 1983 action against Defendants, alleging violations of his Eighth Amendment and due process rights. The district court granted summary judgment to all Defendants, and Hernandez appeals. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In March 2002, Texas Department of Criminal Justice ("TDCJ") officials received information that two rival Hispanic gangs, the Texas Syndicate ("TS") and the Raza Unida...

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