No. 22-1024

Dora L. Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 28-usc-1915 amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure district-court-dismissal failure-to-state-a-claim frivolous frivolous-claim in-forma-pauperis right-to-amend
Latest Conference: 2023-06-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit") properly AFFIRMED the district court's closure pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), which requires a district court to dismiss those civil actions filed in in forma pauperis that are frivolous or fail to state a claim on which relief may be granted without first allowing Plaintiff/Appellant the one free right to Amend and further Amendments if required. (Dkt. No. 11, Pet. Appendix 1).

2) Whether the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ("District Court") properly DENIED Plaintiff/Appellant Dora L. Adkins' ("Adkins") "Motion for Leave from the Court to File a Proposed Emergency Complaint," [Dkt. 1] and properly DENIED Plaintiff's/Appellant's Application to Proceed in in forma pauperis [Dkt. 2] in the case of Dora L. Adkins v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc., Law, Case No. 1:22-cv-01114 (LMB/IDD). (Dkt. No. 3, Pet. Appendix 5).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court properly dismissed a civil action filed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) without first allowing the plaintiff/appellant the right to amend the complaint

Docket Entries

2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-04-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 22, 2023)

Attorneys

Dora L. Adkins
Dora L. Adkins — Petitioner