The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court order dismissing a civil complaint filed under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The appellate court found no reversible error in the lower court's application of the statutory dismissal standard.
Background
Ryan Keith Anderson, proceeding pro se, appealed a district court order dismissing his civil complaint. The district court, presided over by Judge Elizabeth W. Hanes in the Eastern District of Virginia, dismissed the case under the authority of Section nineteen hundred fifteen, subsection (e)(two)(B) of Title twenty-eight of the United States Code.
The court’s reasoning
The court reviewed the record and determined that the district court committed no reversible error in its dismissal of the complaint.
What it means going forward
The dismissal of the underlying civil complaint stands, preventing the plaintiff from proceeding with the lawsuit on the merits.
