Frierson v. Parke

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-1763
PATRICIA A. FRIERSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
TERRY L. PARKE, an individual; MIKE JOHNSON,
individually as an officer of the City of
Columbia Police Department; COLUMBIA, CITY OF;
PALMETTO HEALTH ALLIANCE,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Chief
District Judge. (3:06-cv-01892-JFA)
Submitted: January 30, 2008 Decided: February 26, 2008
Before WILKINSON and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Patricia A. Frierson, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Gordon Cooper,
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina; Patrick J.
Flynn, USC SCHOOL OF LAW, Columbia, South Carolina; William Henry
Davidson, II, David Leon Morrison, Matthew Blaine Rosbrugh,
DAVIDSON, MORRISON & LINDEMANN, PA, Columbia, South Carolina;
Barbara A. Chesley, RICHARDSON, PLOWDEN & ROBINSON, PA, Columbia,
South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Patricia A. Frierson appeals the district court’s order
adopting the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and
dismissing Frierson’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) action for failure to
prosecute and for noncompliance with court orders. A plaintiff’s
failure to prosecute or to comply with the federal procedural rules
or an order of the court may warrant involuntary dismissal. Fed.
R. Civ. P. 41(b). We review a district court’s dismissal under
Rule 41(b) for abuse of discretion. Ballard v. Carlson, 882 F.2d
93, 95-96 (4th Cir. 1989). We have reviewed the record and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by
the district court. See Frierson v. Parke, No. 3:06-cv-01892-JFA
(D.S.C. July 12, 2007). 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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