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EVANS v. CROOM

Nos. 80-6331, 80-6352, 80-6355, 80-6393 and 80-6395.

650 F.2d 521 (1981)

George Reynolds EVANS, Sr., Appellant, v. Carlton CROOM, Dallas Mercer, Sgt. Peppin, Appellees. Victor FOUST, Appellant, v. N. C. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Hospital at Central Prison, Mr. Leigh F. Wheeler, Supt. of Md., Appellees. Kenneth M. WEBB, Appellant, v. Lt. W. E. POPE, Sgt. C. J. MacLeod, Officer S. Ray, Officer C. Bagley, Lt. Norwood, Appellees. Bennie Lee LINDER, Appellant, v. S. A. BERRY, R. G. West, R. E. Green, J. M. Temple, R. T. Brooks, D. Harris, D. Johnson, Appellees. Robert Lee THACKER, Appellant, v. Samuel P. GARRISON and Chris Morgan, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Frank Goldsmith, Jr., Marion, N. C., for appellants.

Jacob L. Safron, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, all state prisoners, appeal the dismissal of their pro se § 1983, 42 U.S.C. actions against the officials at the prison where they are incarcerated. In all the actions, the plaintiffs, by affidavit sought under § 1915(a), 28 U.S.C., authority to commence and prosecute their actions as indigents, relieved of any obligation to pay filing fees.

Before the actions were filed, the District Court had promulgated...

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