BOYCE v. ALIZADUH

No. 77-2242.

595 F.2d 948 (1979)

James A. BOYCE, Appellant, v. Dr. ALIZADUH, and his Insurance Company, c/o Washington County Detention Center, Hagerstown, Md. and "Dick" Ford, Sheriff, Washington County, Maryland, Hagerstown, Md. 21740 and Carl Frick, Director, Washington County Detention Center, Hagerstown, Md. and Spurrier, U. S. Marshall for the District of Maryland and Dr. Kolakowski, USPHS Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrold B. Pinsker, Rockville, Md., for appellant.

Michael A. Anselmi, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md. (Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Md., Clarence W. Sharp, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Div., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before BUTZNER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges, and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, a federal prisoner, incarcerated in a State Detention Center, has filed pro se a § 1983, 42 U.S.C. action, charging a constitutional violation of his right to medical attention and care. He accompanied his complaint with a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The district court permitted the docketing of the action but later dismissed the complaint without the issuance of a summons, ruling...

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