Unpublished Dispositionjoe Alexander Browder, Jr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. Thomas O. Castlen; George v. Triplett, Iv; Pat Hardesty,defendants-appellees,joe Alexander Browder, Jr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. Bob Wetzel, Deputy Jailer; the County of Daviess, Daviesscounty, Kentucky, Defendants-appellees,joe Alexander Browder, Jr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. George v. Triplett, Iv; W. Bryan Jones, Defendants-appellees, 919 F.2d 738 (6th Cir. 1990)

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US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - 919 F.2d 738 (6th Cir. 1990) Dec. 10, 1990

Before RYAN and ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and JOINER, Senior District Judge.* 

ORDER

Joe Alexander Browder, Jr., a pro se Kentucky prisoner, appeals the district court's orders dismissing his civil rights actions filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the record and briefs, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a).

Seeking monetary, declaratory and injunctive relief, Browder sued the commonwealth attorney, his public defender, and the circuit court clerk, alleging various improprieties in his conviction and sentencing proceedings. The district court sua sponte dismissed the case as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). The appeal from this order is filed in Case No. 90-5615.

Seeking monetary and injunctive relief, Browder filed a separate civil rights complaint against Deputy Jailer Bob Wetzel and Daviess County, alleging that Wetzel served him spoiled meat and cursed him when he complained. The district court sua sponte dismissed the case as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). The appeal from this order is filed in Case No. 90-5616.

Seeking monetary and injunctive relief, Browder sued the Commonwealth attorney and his public defender, alleging that they conspired to waive the reading of the indictment against him on October 3, 1989. The district court sua sponte dismissed the case as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). The appeal from this order is filed in Case No. 90-5617.

Upon review, we determine that the district court properly dismissed all three cases. Browder's complaints are frivolous because they lack an arguable basis in law. Neitzke v. Williams, 109 S. Ct. 1827, 1831 (1989).

Accordingly, we hereby affirm the judgments for the reasons stated in the district court's orders of dismissal filed on April 17, 1990. Rule 9(b) (5), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

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The Honorable Charles W. Joiner, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation

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