NICKENS v. MELTON

No. 93-7356.

38 F.3d 183 (1994)

Arthur NICKENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jimmy MELTON, Correctional Officer, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied December 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Nickens, pro se.

Before JOHNSON, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied December 16, 1994.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Arthur Nickens (Nickens), a prisoner in a Mississippi correctional facility, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action as frivolous, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Nickens alleges that Mississippi does not provide adequate post-deprivation relief to prisoners suing in forma pauperis. We affirm...

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