John Conroy v. Jim Rider

PER CURIAM: *

John Alan Conroy, federal prisoner # 42054-177, appeals the dismissal of this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, which was filed in August 2013. The district court dismissed the action as time barred and as frivolous. Because the district court cited both 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and 28 U.S.C. § 1915A as authority for its dismissal, our review is de novo. See Geiger v. Jowers, 404 F.3d 371, 373 (5th Cir.2005).

According to Conroy, the defendants violated his constitutional rights at the time of his arrest in July 2010. He contends that he did not learn of the legal basis for this § 1983 action…