Legal Opinion
Merryfield v. Jordan
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 19, 2009No. 09-3002PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
Appearing pro se, Dustin J. Merry-field appeals from the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his action. 1 Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm for substantially the same reasons stated by the district court. Further, we hold that Mr. Merryfield, who was civilly committed under the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act, Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 59-29a01 to 59-29a22 (KSVPA), is not a “prisoner” within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(h), and therefore his application to proceed on appeal in forma…
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