Ronald Mayfield, Jr. v. Kenneth Stolle

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:10-cv-00866-GBL-IDD Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998965379]. Mailed to: Mayfield. [12-7131]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-7131

RONALD R. MAYFIELD, JR.,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
KENNETH STOLLE, Sheriff of Virginia Beach Jail; V. THOMAS,
Captain of Virginia Beach City Jail,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. (1:10-cv-00866-GBL-IDD)

Submitted:

October 5, 2012

Decided:

October 23, 2012

Before DAVIS, KEENAN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ronald R. Mayfield, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Ronald R. Mayfield, Jr., appeals the district court’s
order dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006)
complaint for failure to comply with a court order.

We affirm.

A plaintiff’s failure to comply with a court order may
warrant

involuntary

dismissal.

Fed.

R.

Civ.

P.

review such a dismissal for abuse of discretion.
Carlson, 882 F.2d 93, 95 (4th Cir. 1989).

41(b).

We

Ballard v.

Our review of the

record discloses no support for Mayfield’s contention on appeal
that he filed a timely response, as we see no evidence that the
district court received such a response, timely or otherwise.
Accordingly, we find that the district court did not
abuse

its

dispense

discretion,
with

oral

and

affirm

argument

the

because

judgment
the

facts

below.
and

We
legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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