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Parties Involved:
Harold W. Clarke
Appellee
Jeffrey A. Pleasant
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6731

JEFFREY A. PLEASANT,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

HAROLD W. CLARKE, Director, Virginia Dept. of Corrections,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, Senior

District Judge. (3:15-cv-00218-REP-RCY)

Submitted: September 29, 2015 Decided: October 21, 2015

Before WILKINSON, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jeffrey A. Pleasant, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Jeffery A. Pleasant appeals the district court’s order 

denying his pleading titled “Notice of Removal of a Civil Action 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b),” dismissing the action as 

frivolous, and issuing a prefiling injunction.∗ We have reviewed 

the record and find no reversible error. As the plaintiff in 

the purported state court proceeding, Pleasant is not permitted 

to remove the action to federal court, so the dismissal was not 

error. Accordingly, though we grant leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis, we affirm the decision of the district court. 

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

 ∗ Pleasant does not challenge in his informal brief the 

imposition of the prefiling injunction. Thus, that portion of 

the district court’s order is not before us. See 4th Cir. R. 

34(b).

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