Dotson v. Pocahontas State Corr. Ctr.

Full title: KEVIN TERRY DOTSON, Plaintiff, v. POCAHONTAS STATE CORRECTIONAL CENTER…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION

Date published: Jun 1, 2017

Civil Action No. 7:17-cv-00195 (W.D. Va. Jun. 1, 2017)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 7:17-cv-00195

06-01-2017

KEVIN TERRY DOTSON, Plaintiff, v. POCAHONTAS STATE CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Defendant.

By: Hon. Jackson L. Kiser Senior United States District Judge

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Kevin Terry Dotson, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 naming the Pocahontas State Correctional Center as the sole defendant. I dismiss the complaint without prejudice as frivolous because Plaintiff pursues an indisputably meritless legal theory by naming the Pocahontas State Correctional Center as the defendant. See, e.g., Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327 (1989); McCoy v. Chesapeake Corr. Ctr., 788 F. Supp. 890, 894 (E.D. Va. 1992) (reasoning jails are not appropriate defendants to § 1983 actions); see also Will v. Michigan Dep't of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 70 (1989); Brownlee v. Williams, No. 2:07cv0078, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20650, 2007 WL 904800, at *2 (D.S.C. Mar. 22, 2007); Preval v. Reno, 57 F. Supp. 2d 307, 310 (E.D. Va. 1999) (reasoning jails are not "persons" for § 1983 litigation).

ENTER: This 1^st day of June, 2017.

/s/_________

Senior United States District Judge