United States Fourth Circuit

Dismissal of prisoner plaintiff's civil rights complaints for failing to state a claim upon which relief could be granted is affirmed where, although plaintiff was not subject to the requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), the complaints were properly dismissed under in forma pauperis screening procedures.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2005
• Decided 01/18/2006
• Published 01/18/2006

Judges

• Before TRAXLER, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Joseph Michael Moore, Morris & Morris, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant.  Stephanie Pendarvis McDonald, Senn, McDonald & Leinbach, L.L.C., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Sandra J. Senn, Senn, McDonald & Leinbach, L.L.C., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.