Saunders v. Richmond City Jail ( 1997 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-6132
REGINA ANNETTE SAUNDERS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
RICHMOND CITY JAIL, Medical Department;
CAPTAIN MIHON,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District
Judge. (CA-96-1239-AM)
Submitted: August 14, 1997 Decided: August 21, 1997
Before NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Regina Annette Saunders, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Regina Annette Saunders appeals the district court's order
dismissing without prejudice her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) complaint.
Saunders' complaint was conditionally docketed by an order which
required Saunders to sign and return a form consenting to the
collection of the filing fee. The district court could properly
require such collection from an inmate under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915(West 1994 & Supp. 1997). Accordingly, its dismissal of the action,
without prejudice, when Saunders failed to comply with its order
was not an abuse of discretion. We therefore affirm the judgment
below. 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.
AFFIRMED
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