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    This document summarizes an unpublished court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The court dismissed an appeal from Don Juan Torres of a district court ruling that had dismissed his civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The appeals court reviewed the record and found Torres' appeal to be frivolous, dismissing it for the same reasons provided by the district court. The court also denied Torres' motion for appointment of counsel and dispensed with oral arguments in the case.

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    This document summarizes an unpublished court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The court dismissed an appeal from Don Juan Torres of a district court ruling that had dismissed his civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The appeals court reviewed the record and found Torres' appeal to be frivolous, dismissing it for the same reasons provided by the district court. The court also denied Torres' motion for appointment of counsel and dispensed with oral arguments in the case.

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    Filed: 2008-05-20 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Docket: 07-7340

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    This document summarizes an unpublished court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The court dismissed an appeal from Don Juan Torres of a district court ruling that had dismissed his civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The appeals court reviewed the record and found Torres' appeal to be frivolous, dismissing it for the same reasons provided by the district court. The court also denied Torres' motion for appointment of counsel and dispensed with oral arguments in the case.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 07-7340

    DON JUAN TORRES, a/k/a Donald Hautz,


    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    v.
    GENE JOHNSON; LARRY HUFFMAN; TRACY RAY; JOHN JABE; R. ROWLETT;
    M. MULLINS,
    Defendants - Appellees.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
    District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Glen E. Conrad, District Judge.
    (7:07-cv-00398-GEC)

    Submitted:

    April 28, 2008

    Decided:

    May 20, 2008

    Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

    Don Juan Torres, Appellant Pro Se.

    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

    PER CURIAM:
    Don

    Juan

    Torres

    appeals

    the

    district

    courts

    order

    dismissing his 42 U.S.C. 1983 (2000) complaint under 28 U.S.C.


    1915A(b) (2000).

    We have reviewed the record and find that this

    appeal is frivolous.

    Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for the

    reasons stated by the district court. Torres v. Johnson, No. 7:07cv-00398-GEC (W.D. Va. Aug. 31, 2007).

    We deny the motion for

    appointment of counsel and dispense with oral argument because the


    facts

    and

    materials

    legal
    before

    contentions
    the

    court

    are

    adequately

    and

    argument

    presented

    would

    not

    in

    the

    aid

    the

    decisional process.

    DISMISSED

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