Deal v. NC Department of Corrections et al

Filing 10

ORDER DISMISSING CASE without prejudice; denying 8 Motion for Summary Judgment. The Court further certifies that an appeal of this Order would not be taken in good faith, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3). Signed by District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr on 4/25/2014. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(eef)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:12-cv-812-RJC
ROGER LEE DEAL, SR.,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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NC DEPARTMENT OF
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CORRECTIONS, Lawrence Parsons,
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Defendants.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on its own motion following Plaintiff’s failure to
comply with the Court’s Order dated January 15, 2014, requiring Plaintiff to pay the remaining
amount owed on the filing fee in this action or to face dismissal of this action.
Pro se Plaintiff Roger Lee Deal, Sr., is an inmate currently incarcerated at Scotland
Correctional Institution, in Laurinburg, North Carolina, after being convicted in state court of
second degree murder on January 18, 2002. Plaintiff filed this action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
1983, on December 10, 2012, naming “NC Department of Corrections” and Lawrence Parsons as
Defendants. (Doc. No. 1). Plaintiff alleged that Defendants violated his First Amendment and
Eighth Amendment rights based on the following allegations in his Complaint:
I was assault[ed] by a[n] inmate here at Lanesboro and was hit in the mouth w[h]ere my
lip was split and my back hurt and after I was out of segregation I started getting threats
from other inmates that are in a gang. This was at the first of 2012. I ask[ed] for
protective custody and was put back into segregation. My programmer told me that I
would not go back on population and would be ship [sic]. Later I was told to pack up I
was going back to population, in which I refused because of fear for my safety. I was
then put in ICON. [A]fter 6 months they told me I would be getting out because of good
behavior, but instead they gave me 6 six more months in ICON. Now I am deny [sic] my
First Amendment rights to free exercise of religion to get my Christmas package that was
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order[ed] by my daughter April Cruz.
(Doc. No. 1 at 4). As requested relief, Plaintiff asked “[t]o be allow[ed] to get my Christmas
package and nominal and punitive damages for a prolong stay in ICON a year for a[n] assault
[where] I was not at fault and had my lip sp[l]it open having to go to the hospital to have lip
sown up and sever[e] back pain w[h]ere I had L4-L-5 fused by Dr. Price in 2007 in which I now
have to take methadone[e] 20 mg three times a day, and any other award that the judge may
seem fit.” (Id.).
In an Order dated January 15, 2014, this Court noted that Plaintiff is a frequent filer of
civil rights lawsuits and that he has reached three strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). (Doc. No.
9). In its Order, the Court found that Plaintiff had not demonstrated in this action that he is under
imminent danger of serious physical injury as required by § 1915(g). The Court, therefore,
ordered Plaintiff to pay the remaining balance owed on the filing fee within twenty days or the
action would be subject to dismissal without further notice to Plaintiff. Plaintiff has failed to pay
the filing fee as ordered by this Court or to otherwise respond to the Court’s Order dated January
15, 2014. Because Plaintiff has failed to pay the filing fee, the Court will now dismiss this action
under the three strikes rule of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that:
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This action is DISMISSED without prejudice.

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Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, (Doc. No. 8), is DENIED as moot.

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The Court further certifies that an appeal of this Order would not be taken in good
faith, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3).

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The Clerk is directed to terminate this action.

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Signed: April 25, 2014

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