Cooke v. Nealy

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _____________________ No. 97-21035 Summary Calendar _____________________ RANDLE COOKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus TAMMY NEALY, Defendant-Appellee. _________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. H-96-CV-3361 _________________________________________________________________ December 16, 1998 Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* I Randle Cooke, Texas state prisoner # 578761, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis (IFP), filed a civil rights complaint against Tammy Nealy, a correctional officer at the Jester III Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division (TDCJ-ID), alleging claims of retaliation, denial of access to courts, verbal abuse, and denial of his constitutional right of freedom of association. Cooke also filed a more definite statement * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.