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TYDINGS v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 81-6323.

714 F.2d 11 (1983)

Clifton R. TYDINGS, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, James River C.C. Superintendent; A. Baskerville; Major Melton, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Goldblatt, Washington, D.C., Heidi S. Glickstein, Third Year Law Student (Samuel Dash, Washington, D.C., Gregory J. Ossi, Third Year Law Student, Appellate Litigation Clinical Program, Georgetown University Law Center, on brief), for appellant.

Eric K.G. Fiske, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen. of Va., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WIDENER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Clifton R. Tydings, a former inmate of the James River Correctional Center in Virginia, appeals from the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his pro se complaint alleging violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm.

Tydings alleged in his complaint that during a six month period in 1980 a considerable amount of his personal property was stolen from his locker located...

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