COLEMAN v. LINCOLN PARISH DETENTION CENTER

No. 16-30109.

858 F.3d 307 (2017)

James COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LINCOLN PARISH DETENTION CENTER; Anna Rawson; Jim Tuten; R. Johnson; Cecil Smith; Deputy Warden Yelverton; Chaplain Denton; Jim Fordham; Lieutenant Otwell; Deputy A. Qualls Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed May 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Welch Cameron , Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Edwin H. Byrd, III , Pettiette, Armand, Dunkelman, Woodley, Byrd & Cromwell, L.L.P., Shreveport, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


James Coleman, Louisiana prisoner # 214322, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, which was filed in forma pauperis ("IFP"), as frivolous and for failure to state a claim.1 "When a district court dismisses a complaint both as frivolous and...

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