Kevin Owens v. Pinellas County Sheriff's Dept.

Kevin Owens pro se appeals the district court’s dismissal without prejudice of his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint and denial of his motion to reopen. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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Owens, a Florida state prisoner, filed a § 1983 complaint challenging the conditions of his confinement. Owens also filed a motion for appointment of counsel. The district court denied the motion. Owens filed an interlocutory appeal from the denial. The district court stayed and administratively closed Owens’s case pending resolution of the interlocutory appeal and instructed that, from the date of…