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Parties Involved:
Ronald David Jones
Appellant
Secretary for City Managers Jack McLean and Mike Wade
Appellee

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 16-10162

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 4:15-cv-00089-RH-CAS

RONALD DAVID JONES, 

 Plaintiff-Appellant,

 versus

SECRETARY FOR CITY MANAGERS 

JACK MCLEAN AND MIKE WADE, 

Secretary City of Quincy, 

 Defendant-Appellee.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Florida

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(October 12, 2016)

Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

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The District Court, adopting the Report and Recommendation of the 

Magistrate Judge, sua sponte dismissed for failure to state a claim for relief the pro 

se complaint Ronald David Jones filed in this case, seeking money damages under 

42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his rights under the federal 

constitutional and state common law. Jones appeals the dismissal. We affirm.

The Magistrate Judge described the material allegations of Jones’ complaint 

thusly:

The complaint alleges that on April 22, 2014, the Mayor of Quincy went to

Plaintiff's house and asked whether Plaintiff had ever received payment from 

the City of Quincy. The payment . . . presumably pertains to Plaintiff's 

utility bill. The Mayor told Plaintiff he should have already received a 

check and advised Plaintiff he had personally seen the list which contained 

Plaintiff's name. Plaintiff then went to City Hall to talk with Mike Wade, 

Interim City Manager, about his check. Plaintiff complains that Wade's 

secretary refused to let Plaintiff speak with him. When Plaintiff returned 

with his mother, Wade was standing in the lobby. Plaintiff tried to talk to 

Wade about the check when Wade asked Plaintiff to step into his office. 

Plaintiff contends the secretary, whose name is apparently unknown, was 

gesturing to Wade not to do so. Plaintiff contends the secretary was telling 

Wade "what to do." Plaintiff states that then he went to the City 

Commission meeting on May 13, 2014, the secretary came up to him, gave 

him a "mean look, and intentionally stepped" on Plaintiff's foot "while 

saying some smart remark" to Plaintiff. Plaintiff also contends that when he 

went to meet with Wade the next day, the Secretary told Plaintiff he "had no 

business running for President because [Plaintiff] did not salute the flag . . .

." 

These allegations on their face show no violation of a federal constitutional right or 

of a right at common law. The judgment of the District Court is, accordingly,

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AFFIRMED.1

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 Jones’ motion for the appointment of counsel is DENIED. 

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