Armstrong v. Howell ( 2006 )

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 06-1191 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus J. C. HOWELL, Defendant - Appellee. No. 06-1192 In Re: ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Appellant. No. 06-1193 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus C. GOULD, State Trooper, Defendant - Appellee. No. 06-1194 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus BRYAN HAGGANS; DEBBIE HAGGANS; ANDREW R. BOYD, Defendants - Appellees. No. 06-1195 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus THOMASINE E. MOORE; NINA A. KNIGHT; MARJORIE A. EVANS, Defendants - Appellees. No. 06-1196 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus CITY OF KNIGHTDALE; KNIGHTDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT; DIRECTOR CAPT. PERSON; A. T. JOHNSTON, Defendants - Appellees. - 2 - No. 06-1197 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus CITY OF NASHVILLE-ROCKY MOUNT; CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT; JOHN MANLEY; OFFICER STEVE HILL; OFFICER JOHN DOE, I; OFFICER JOHN DOE, II, Defendants - Appellees. No. 06-1198 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Chief Executive Stat; MR. WARNER, District Attorney; HOWARD S. BONEY; RACHEL JOYNER; TROOPER NICHOLS; QUENTIN SUMNER, Defendants - Appellees. No. 06-1270 In Re: ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Appellant. - 3 - No. 06-1271 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus TROOPER J. CLAYTON, Defendant - Appellee. No. 06-1272 ARTHUR O. ARMSTRONG, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus CLERK OF WILSON COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, Civil; W. RUSSELL DUKE, JR., Judge; MILTON F. FITCH, JR., Judge, Defendants - Appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior District Judge. (5:03-cv-00941-BR; 5:03-mc-00020-BR; 5:04-cv- 00011-BR; 5:05-cv-00086-BR; 5:05-cv-00089-BR; 5:05-cv-00565-BR; 5:05-cv-00778-BR; 5:05-cv-00779-BR; 5:03-mc-00007-BR; 5:04-cv- 00316-BR; 5-05-cv-00136-BR) Submitted: April 5, 2006 Decided: April 20, 2006 - 4 - Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Arthur O. Armstrong, Appellant Pro Se. Harold Franklin Askins, Assistant Attorney General, Stacey Treva Carter, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). - 5 - PER CURIAM: Arthur O. Armstrong appeals a district court order dismissing several pending motions, ordering sanctions and enjoining Armstrong from moving to reopen cases or reopen cases against prior defendants or seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis, among other actions Armstrong is prevented from doing. Armstrong is a frequent litigant who abuses the judicial system through his totally frivolous and barely comprehensible filings. We have sanctioned him on three occasions. We share the district court’s frustration with Armstrong and find no abuse of discretion on the district court’s part. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons cited by the district court. See In re Armstrong, No. 5:03-mc-00020 (E.D.N.C. filed Jan. 18, 2006; entered Jan. 19, 2006). We also deny all of Armstrong’s pending motions requesting general relief. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED - 6 -