Case Name: Adrian ROME, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MACK, Officer; Frey, Sgt. Officer, Defendants-Appellees, and Frye, Sgt., H.R.R.J. 3/6; Bob McCabe, Interim Superintendent, Defendants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-11-21
Citations: 703 F. App'x 194
Docket Number: No. 17-7233
Parties: Adrian ROME, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MACK, Officer; Frey, Sgt. Officer, Defendants-Appellees, and Frye, Sgt., H.R.R.J. 3/6; Bob McCabe, Interim Superintendent, Defendants.
Judges: Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and TRAXLER and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 703
Pages: 194–195

Head Matter:
Adrian ROME, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MACK, Officer; Frey, Sgt. Officer, Defendants-Appellees, and Frye, Sgt., H.R.R.J. 3/6; Bob McCabe, Interim Superintendent, Defendants.
No. 17-7233
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: November 16, 2017
Decided: November 21, 2017
Adrian Rome, Appellant Pro Se.
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and TRAXLER and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Adrian Rome appeals the district court's order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint without prejudice for failure to comply with its prior order directing that he file a consent form with his amended complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). A plaintiffs failure to comply with a court order may warrant involuntary dismissal. Id, We review such a dismissal for abuse of discretion Davis v. Williams, 588 F.2d 69, 70 (4th Cir. 1978) (providing standard of review); see Ballard v. Carlson, 882 F.2d 93, 95-96 (4th Cir. 1989) (noting that • dismissal is the appropriate sanction where litigant disregarded court order despite warning that failure to comply with order would result in dismissal).
Our review of the record reveals no evidence to establish that Rome filed a consent form, as directed by the district court's April 7, 2017, order, which specifically informed Rome that failure to comply could result in dismissal. We 'thus discern no abuse of discretion in the court's decision to dismiss Rome's complaint after he failed to comply with this aspect of its order. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order for the reasons stated by the district court. Rome v. Mack, No. 1:17-cv-00390-CMH-TCB (E.D. Va. filed Sept. 6, 2017 & entered Sept. 11, 2017). 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