Amiri v. Horan ( 2000 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 00-1948
    ABDUL W. AMIRI, An Afghan lawyer-political
    analyst and peace lobbyist,
    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    versus
    ROBERT F. HORAN, JR., Fairfax County Prose-
    cutor; COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; THE FOX NEWS
    CORPORATION,
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
    trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, III, District Judge.
    (CA-00-1049-A)
    Submitted:   November 30, 2000            Decided:   December 7, 2000
    Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Abdul W. Amiri, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Folkes, REED, SMITH, HAZEL
    & THOMAS, L.L.P., Falls Church, Virginia, for Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    Abdul W. Amiri appeals the district court’s orders denying re-
    lief without prejudice on his civil complaint under 28 U.S.C.A. §
    1915A (West Supp. 2000) and denying his motion for reconsideration.
    We have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinions and
    find that this appeal is frivolous.     Accordingly, we dismiss the
    appeal on the reasoning of the district court.   See Amiri v. Horan,
    No. CA-00-1049-A (E.D. Va. June 23 & July 6, 2000).*    We dispense
    with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
    adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument
    would not aid the decisional process.
    DISMISSED
    *
    Although the district court’s orders are marked as “filed”
    on June 22 and July 3, 2000, respectively, the district court’s
    records show that they were entered on the docket sheet on June 23
    and July 6, 2000, respectively. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of
    the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date that the order
    was entered on the docket sheet that we take as the effective date
    of the district court’s decision. See Wilson v. Murray, 
    806 F.2d 1232
    , 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).
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Document Info

Docket Number: 00-1948

Filed Date: 12/7/2000

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014