Eric Gray v. OFFICER G. MANN, Police Officer

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-6254
ERIC GRAY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
OFFICER G. MANN, Police Officer,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
UNKNOWN,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Alexandria. Anthony John Trenga, District Judge. (1:18-cv-01414-AJT-JFA)
Submitted: June 13, 2019 Decided: June 18, 2019
Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Eric Gray, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Eric Gray appeals the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012)
complaint without prejudice for failure to comply with the court’s order directing him to
sign and return a consent form required for his in forma pauperis application.* See Fed.
R. Civ. P. 41(b). We review a district court’s dismissal under Rule 41(b) for abuse of
discretion. Simpson v. Welch, 900 F.2d 33, 35-36 (4th Cir. 1990). We have reviewed the
record and find no abuse of discretion. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by
the district court. Gray v. Mann, No. 1:18-cv-01414-AJT-JFA (E.D. Va. Feb. 8, 2019).
We deny Gray’s motion for appointment of counsel.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED
* Because the district court dismissed Gray’s action “for procedural reasons
unrelated to the contents of the pleadings,” we have jurisdiction over this appeal. Goode
v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid Soc’y, Inc., 807 F.3d 619, 624 (4th Cir. 2015).

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