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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7661

MINYARD DAVIS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

MILTON BROWN; FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ; WAYNE MCKINSEY,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DAVID SIMONS, Superintendent; EDWARD TAYLOR, III, Assistant 

Superintendent; T. D. HATCHETT, Major Chief of Security,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District 

Judge. (2:14-cv-00006-RAJ-DEM)

Submitted: February 25, 2016 Decided: March 1, 2016

Before SHEDD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Minyard Cass Davis, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Minyard Davis appeals the district court’s order dismissing 

without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint for 

failure to comply with a court order. Rule 41(b) of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure permits a district court to dismiss an 

action based on a plaintiff’s failure to comply with any order. 

Where a litigant has ignored a district court’s express warning 

that noncompliance will result in dismissal, it is appropriate 

for the court to dismiss the case. See Ballard v. Carlson, 882 

F.2d 93, 95–96 (4th Cir. 1989). Based on our review of the 

record in this case, we discern no abuse of discretion in the 

district court’s ruling. We therefore affirm the district 

court’s order. See Davis v. Simons, No. 2:14–cv–00006–RAJ-DEM 

(E.D. Va. Sept. 15, 2015). We dispense with oral argument 

because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented 

in the materials before this court and argument would not aid 

the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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