Source: https://casetext.com/case/vandyke-v-francis-2
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 14:47:02+00:00

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DENNIS ROGER VANDYKE, Plaintiff, v. CHRIS FRANCIS, et al., Defendants.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on a review of Plaintiff's Application to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees or Costs, (Doc. No. 1-1), and a review of Plaintiff's Complaint, filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, (Doc. No. 1). 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915; 1915A.
alone, as frivolous or for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, he may not file future civil actions or appeal a judgment in a civil proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 in any federal district unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
(Case No. 1:05-cv-357, Doc. No. 31 at 4) (emphasis in original). Plaintiff appealed, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the defendants for the reasons stated in Judge Mullen's Order. VanDyke v. Officer O'Donnell, et al., No. 06-7454 (4th Cir. Mar. 27, 2007); (Case No. 1:05-cv-357, Doc. No. 39).
At least three of Plaintiff's previous complaints were dismissed on the grounds that they were frivolous or failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. See, e.g., (Case Nos. 1:05-cv-357-GCM; 1:06-cv-172-GCM; 1:06-cv-200-GCM; 1:12-cv-113-RJC).
This Court has examined Plaintiff's Complaint, (Doc. No. 1), and finds that Plaintiff's Complaint fails to demonstrate that he "is under imminent danger of serious physical injury" as required by § 1915(g) of the PLRA. Plaintiff provides a vague allegation that he is being denied his medications, (Doc. No. 1), but he fails to provide any conceivable, causal link between this alleged deprivation and any "serious physical injury."
Plaintiff is subject to § 1915(g)'s bar to filing civil actions under the PLRA without prepayment of the filing fee and is not under imminent danger of serious physical injury. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), Plaintiff's Application to Proceed in forma pauperis must be DENIED. This Court will DISMISS Plaintiff's Complaint without prejudice to his ability to re-file with prepayment of the filing fee.
2. Plaintiff's Complaint, (Doc. No. 1), is DISMISSED without prejudice.

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