Yancey v. Crow

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

TERRENCE L. O’BRIEN, Circuit Judge.

John B. Yancey, proceeding pro se and informa pauperis (ifp), 1 appeals from the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his complaint for failure “to state a claim upon which relief may be granted” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). 2 The district court reasoned the complaint contained nothing more than “conelusory allegations” without any meaningful factual support. (R. at 18.) We agree and affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

While Yancey was incarcerated in a detention center operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), he filed a § 1983…