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affirming a district court's analysis that assumed the standard for reviewing a civilly committed person's legal mail claim was the same as that for reviewing a prisoner's legal mail claim
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No. 13-10243
07-12-2013
NATHANIEL L. ALLEN, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. HONORABLE MICHAEL T. SEILER, Official Capacity; GREG ABBOTT, Attorney General of Texas, Official Capacity; ALLISON TAYLOR, Executive Director, Office of Violent Sex Offender Management, Official Capacity; DIANA LEMON, Office of Violent Sex Offender Management, Case Manager, El Paso, Texas, Official Capacity; CLEMMY WASHINGTON, Office of Violent Sex Offender Management, Case Manager, Fort Worth, Texas, Official Capacity, Defendants—Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
No. 4:12-CV-414
Before SMITH, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
Nathaniel Allen, confined under an order of civil commitment as a violent sex offender, sued various state officials and employees for declaratory and injunctive relief. On January 30, 2013, the district court issued a thorough and persuasive seventeen-page opinion and order dismissing all claims.
The district court carefully addressed all of Allen's assertions and explained why they have no merit. The judgment is AFFIRMED, essentially for the reasons given by the district court. Allen's motion for appointment of counsel is DENIED.