Daryl Leslie Lavender v. Kathleen A. Kerney
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Daryl Leslie Lavender, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s orders denying the appointment of counsel, denying his motion to add a defendant or amend the complaint, and granting summary judgment in his civil rights action against Michael Lipscomb. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court.
I. Background
Lavender was a civil commitment resident at the Florida Civil Commitment Center (“FCCC”) under the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (“Jimmy Ryce Act”), Fla. Stat. Ann. § 394.910. In March 2002, Lavender, a white resident, was attacked and…
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