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No. 15-6817
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk.
Rebecca Beach Smith, Chief
District Judge. (2:14-cv-00086-RBS-DEM)
Submitted:
Decided:
March 7, 2016
PER CURIAM:
Paul Cleveland Thompson, Jr., appeals the district courts
order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. 1983 (2012) complaint.
Thompson
asserts
Defendants
that
motion
to
the
district
dismiss
and
court
abused
erred
its
in
granting
discretion
in
Epps v. JP
Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 675 F.3d 315, 320 (4th Cir. 2012).
To
662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S.
544, 570 (2007)).
his
complaint,
Thompson,
former
inmate
at
the
claimed
leading
to
that
sleepless
he
was
denied
nights
and
3
More specifically,
psychiatric
a
medication,
destabilizing
mental
condition.
even
partially
to
threat;
it
is
sufficient
that
the
light
of
these
authorities,
and
after
reviewing
the
complaint
supporting
to
detail
identify
for
his
specific
1983
defendants
claim
that
he
and
was
provide
denied
On
remand, Thompson may also amend the analogous VTCA claim to name
the Commonwealth of Virginia as the appropriate defendant and
provide any further facts as to that claim.
We have reviewed Thompsons remaining claims and perceive
no reversible error in their dismissal by the district court.
Accordingly, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand for
further proceedings.
stay pending appeal and for a ruling on his motion for a stay or
injunction, and we deny his motions for expedited oral argument
and for appointment of counsel.