Opinion
3:21-cv-165-DPM-ERE
08-10-2022
PARRIS HILL #0033839 PLAINTIFF v. GREENE COUNTY, et al. DEFENDANTS
ORDER
Plaintiff Parris Hill, a detainee at the Greene County Detention Center (“Detention Center”), proceeds on a single claim in this case: that Defendants Morgan Robertson, Falicia Rowland, Massey, Dillon Mason, and Daniel Chad used excessive force against him in January 2020. Docs. 9, 12.
On August 4, 2022, the Clerk of Court received an untitled, handwritten document from Mr. Hill, which was entered on the record as a motion for order. Doc. 24. In the motion, Mr. Hill explains that he is currently assigned to the “hole” at the Detention Center. He complains that: (1) other inmates have threatened him; (2) unidentified Detention Center officials have retaliated against him by denying his requests to be moved to a different cell; (3) unidentified Detention Center officials have ignored the risks posed by Covid-19; and (4) the conditions of his cell are unconstitutional. Mr. Hill does not explicitly request Court action, but he states that he “would feel more safer to be move[d] urgently.” Id. at 2.
The issues raised in Mr. Hill's motion have no relationship to the claim he pursues in this case. As the Court has explained from the beginning of this case, Mr. Hill cannot use this lawsuit to combine factually and legally unrelated claims in a single lawsuit. Doc. 7 at 3. Nor can he use this proceeding to seek relief unrelated to the claim before the Court. To do either of these things, Mr. Hill must file one or more new lawsuits.
Mr. Hill is reminded of his statutory duty to fully exhaust his administrative remedies before filing a new federal lawsuit. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e; Johnson v. Jones, 340 F.3d 624, 627 (8th Cir. 2003); Graves v. Norris, 218 F.3d 884, 885 (8th Cir. 2000) (holding prisoners must: (1) fully and properly exhaust their administrative remedies as to each claim mentioned in the complaint; and (2) complete the exhaustion process before filing an action in federal court).
Finally, regarding Mr. Hill's request for a Court order that he be transferred, he has no constitutional right to be housed in any particular prison. See Manthey v. Sabol, 80 Fed.Appx. 538, *1 (8th Cir. 2003) (unpub. per curiam) (citing Olim v. Wakinekona, 461 U.S. 238, 245 (1983)).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT Mr. Hill's motion for order (Doc. 24) is DENIED.