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    The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's denial of relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a frivolous complaint and $200 sanction under Rule 11. The appeals court agreed the complaint was frivolous and found no abuse of discretion in the sanction. The court dispensed with oral argument as the issues had been recently decided in other cases.

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    Filed: 1988-05-27 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Citations: 849 F.2d 606 Docket: 88-6012

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    The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's denial of relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a frivolous complaint and $200 sanction under Rule 11. The appeals court agreed the complaint was frivolous and found no abuse of discretion in the sanction. The court dispensed with oral argument as the issues had been recently decided in other cases.

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    Byron J. Stevens, III v. Aaron J. Johnson Samuel A. Wilson, III, 849 F.2d 606, 4th Cir. (1988)

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    The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's denial of relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a frivolous complaint and $200 sanction under Rule 11. The appeals court agreed the complaint was frivolous and found no abuse of discretion in the sanction. The court dispensed with oral argument as the issues had been recently decided in other cases.

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    849 F.

    2d 606
    Unpublished Disposition

    NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of


    unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing
    res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires
    service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth
    Circuit.
    Byron J. STEVENS, III, Plaintiff-Appellant,
    v.
    Aaron J. JOHNSON; Samuel A. Wilson, III, DefendantsAppellees.
    No. 88-6012.

    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.


    Submitted: April 29, 1988.
    Decided: May 27, 1988.

    Byron J. Stevens, appellant pro se.


    Before SPROUSE, ERVIN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:

    Byron J. Stevens, III, appeals from the district court's order denying relief
    under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 and imposing a $200 sanction pursuant to
    Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. We agree with the district court that Stevens' complaint was
    frivolous and therefore discern no abuse of discretion in the district court's
    imposition of the Rule 11 sanction. See Stevens v. Lawyers Mutual Liability
    Ins. Co., 789 F.2d 1056, 1060 (4th Cir.1986).

    We dispense with oral argument because the dispositive issues recently have
    been decided authoritatively.

    AFFIRMED.

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