Dancingbuck v. Haney et al
Filing
17
MEMORANDUM OPINION. SEE OPINION for complete details. Signed by District Judge Robert E. Payne on 06/05/2018. Copy mailed to Plaintiff as directed.(ccol, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Richmond Division
PUNALERO DANCINGBUCK,
Plaintiff,
V.
Civil Action No.
3:17CV660
WILLIAM R. HANEY, ^ al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Punalero Dancingbuck, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se
and ^ forma pauperis, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action.
order
to
state
a
viable
claim
under
42
U.S.C.
§
1983,
In
a
plaintiff must allege that a person acting under color of state
law deprived him or her of a constitutional right or of a right
conferred by a law of the United States.
See Dowe v. Total
Action Against Poverty in Roanoke Valley, 145 F.3d 653, 658 (4th
Cir. 1998) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 1983).
In his fifty-six-page
Complaint, Dancingbuck names countless defendants who appear to
have been involved in his state criminal proceedings or in some
alleged conspiracy.
Dancingbuck's current rambling allegations
fail to provide each defendant with fair notice of the facts and
legal basis upon
which
his or her liability rests.
See Bell
Atl. Corp. V. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007) (quoting Conley
V. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 47 (1957)).
Accordingly, by Memorandum
Order entered on April 30, 2018, the Court directed Dancingbuck
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