Oliver v. Warden
Oliver v. Warden
Trial Court Opinion
CLERK'S OFFICE U.S. DIST. CO IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT □□□ FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA July 11, 2024 ROANOKE DIVISION LAURA A. AUSTIN, CLERK BY: s/A. Beeson DAN OLIVER, ) DEPUTY CLERK ) Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. 7:24cv00435 ) v. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) WARDEN, ) By: | Hon. Thomas T. Cullen ) United States District Judge Defendant. )
Plaintiff Dan Oliver, a Virginia prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil action under
42 U.S.C. § 1983and did not pay the filing fee. At least three of Oliver’s previous actions have been dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be eranted.! Therefore, Oliver may not proceed with this action unless he either prepays the filing fee or shows that he is “under imminent danger of serious physical injury.”?
28 U.S.C. § 1915(). As Oliver has neither prepaid the filing fee nor demonstrated that he is “under imminent danger of serious physical injury,”? the court dismisses his complaint without prejudice under § 1915(g).
' See e.g., Olver v. Braxton, No. 1:01¢ev121 (E.D. Va. Mar. 30, 2001) (dismissed for failure to state a claim); □□□□□ v. Taylor, No.1:01¢ev221 (E.D. Va. Mar. 30, 2001) (dismissed for failure to state a claim); Over v. Braxton, No.1:01¢ev568 (E.D. Va. May 16, 2001) (dismissed for failure to state a claim). See also Olver v. Osborne,
75 F. App’x 209(4th Cir. 2003) (affirming dismissal under § 1915(g)). 2 The court notes that Oliver has been advised of his three-striker status on multiple occasions by this □□□□□□ See ¢.g., Oliver v. Osborne, No. 7:03cev683 (WD. Va. Oct. 22, 2003); Okver v. Young, No. 7:18cv525 (W.D. Va. Oct. 30, 2018); and Ofer v. Unknown, No. 7:19cv56 (W.D. Va. Jan. 29, 2019). 3 Oliver alleges that the Warden of Greensville Correctional Center (“Greensville”) and “some of his staff’ have violated Oliver’s Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. (Compl. at 1 [ECF No. 1].) He states that Greensville staff “[i]llegal[|ly had [him] committed to[ Marion Correctional Treatment Center (“Marion”)]”
The Clerk shall send a copy of this Memorandum Opinion and the accompanying Order to Plaintiff. ENTERED this 11th day of July, 2024.
/s/ Thomas T. Cullen________________ HON. THOMAS T. CULLEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
even though he does “not have a mental health condition.” (Id.) He also alleges he has not received his “$502 million dollars” from staff at Greensville or the Commonwealth of Virginia; that Greensville “moved [him] to[] [Marion] to have [his] kidneys taken . . . even when there’s nothing wrong with him”; his outgoing and incoming letters are “being stolen” at Greensville and Marion; and Greensville staff “gave [him] FAKE court orders denying [his] case.” (Id. at 2.) As relief, he asks the court to “enforce” his constitutional rights and order the defendants to “pay [him his] money and to stop all violations.” (Id. at 3.) Oliver’s allegations do not suggest that he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. See Springer v. Day, No. 7:16cv261,
2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76270, at *3,
2016 WL 3248601, at *1 (W.D. Va. June 13, 2016) (quoting Lewis v. Sullivan,
279 F.3d 526, 531(7th Cir. 2002)) (“Courts have held that the imminent danger exception to § 1915(g)’s ‘three strikes’ rule must be construed narrowly and applied only for ‘genuine emergencies,’ where ‘time is pressing’ and ‘a threat . . . is real and proximate’ to the alleged official misconduct.”) - 2 -
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