Jenkins v. Bolden

BEFORE: LIVELY, Chief Judge, MERRITT and NELSON, Circuit Judges Order This case has been referred to a panel of the Court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the record and of the plaintiff's briefs, defendants having indicated that they will not participate in the appeal, this panel agrees unanimously that oral argument is not needed. Rule 34(a), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff seeks redress in connection with a 'slip and fall' which is alleged to have occurred during plaintiff's stay at Kinross Correctional Facility, Kincheloe, Michigan. The district court caused the complaint to be dismissed as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Plaintiff has taken this appeal.