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Parties Involved:
Courtland Lindsay
Appellant
Rusk State Hospital
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-41166

Summary Calendar

COURTLAND LINDSAY,

Plaintiff–Appellant,

versus

RUSK STATE HOSPITAL,

Defendant–Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Texas

USDC No. 6:14-CV-640

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

The district court dismissed Courtland Lindsay’s amended complaint for 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

October 6, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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failure to provide a short and plain statement either of the grounds for federal 

jurisdiction or of his claims for relief. See FED. R. CIV. P. 8(a). Lindsay’s largely 

unintelligible brief on appeal does not cure those deficiencies. 

Accordingly, his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is 

DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous pursuant to Fifth Circuit 

Rule 42.2. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 n.24 (5th Cir. 1997). Lindsay 

is again CAUTIONED that future frivolous or repetitive filings in this court 

will result in the imposition of sanctions, including dismissal, monetary sanctions, and restrictions on his ability to file pleadings in this court or any court 

subject to this court’s jurisdiction.

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