Case Name: Robert SAUNDERS, Administrator of the Estate of the late Sara E. Saunders, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUNBRIDGE CARE & REHABILITATION CENTER; Director at Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center; Director of Nursing Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-09-03
Citations: 539 F. App'x 123
Docket Number: No. 13-1279
Parties: Robert SAUNDERS, Administrator of the Estate of the late Sara E. Saunders, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUNBRIDGE CARE & REHABILITATION CENTER; Director at Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center; Director of Nursing Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 539
Pages: 123–123

Head Matter:
Robert SAUNDERS, Administrator of the Estate of the late Sara E. Saunders, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUNBRIDGE CARE & REHABILITATION CENTER; Director at Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center; Director of Nursing Sunbridge Care & Rehabilitation Center, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-1279.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 29, 2013.
Decided: Sept. 3, 2013.
Robert Saunders, Appellant pro se.
Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed as modified by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Robert Saunders appeals the district court's order dismissing his- civil complaint for failure to comply with a court order. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b). We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the action for failing to comply with the court's order directing Saunders to secure counsel to represent his wife's estate, having warned him that noncompliance could result in dismissal and given him multiple extensions of time to comply. See Ballard v. Carlson, 882 F.2d 93, 95-96 (4th Cir.1989). We conclude, however, that the dismissal should be without prejudice. Choice Hotels, Int'l, Inc. v. Goodwin & Boone, 11 F.3d 469, 471-72 (4th Cir.1993). Accordingly, we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis and affirm the order of the district court, modified to reflect that the dismissal is without prejudice. 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 AS MODIFIED.