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Parties Involved:
Francis Masika
Appellant
Unknown
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6992

FRANCIS MASIKA,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNKNOWN,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. M. Hannah Lauck, District 

Judge. (3:15-cv-00050-MHL-RCY)

Submitted: December 10, 2015 Decided: December 23, 2015

Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Francis Masika, Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Francis Masika 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 to pay the 

full filing fee or return to the court a form consenting to 

collection of the filing fee from his inmate account. We 

affirm.

A plaintiff’s failure to comply with a court order may 

warrant involuntary dismissal. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). We 

review such a dismissal for abuse of discretion. Ballard v. 

Carlson, 882 F.2d 93, 95 (4th Cir. 1989). Our review of the 

record discloses no evidence that the district court received a 

timely response from Masika to its order regarding the payment 

of his filing fees.

Although we grant Masika leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis, we find no abuse of discretion, and affirm the 

district court's order. 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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