Robinson v. Ms. Redd et al, No. 3:2017cv00755 - Document 12 (E.D. Va. 2018)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. See OPINION for complete details. Signed by District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr on 09/28/2018. Copy mailed to Plaintiff.(ccol, )
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Robinson v. Ms. Redd et al Doc. 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division LESTER R. ROBINSON, n L h OCT - I 2018 clerk bichmono,va_____ U.S. DiSTRiCT COURl ^ Plaintiff, Civil Action No.3:17CV755 V. MS.REDD,era/., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Lester R. Robinson, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se and informa pauperis, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action.' In his Particularized Complaint ("Complaint," ECF No. 11),^ Robinson contends that "Ms. Redd, my education instructor, [at the] Newport News City Jail, terminated me from the G.E.D. class without any documented explanation." {Id. at 1.) Robinson contends that this action violated his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The matter is before the Court for evaluation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and 1915A. For the reasons set forth, the action will be DISMISSED for failure to state a claim and because it is legally frivolous. The statute provides, in pertinent part: Every person who, under color of any statute ... of any State ... subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law.... 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ^ The Court corrects the spelling, punctuation, and capitalization in the quotations from Robinson's Complaint. Dockets.Justia.com
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