Opinion
21-6218
03-07-2022
CLAYTON T. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEANETTE W. MCBRIDE, Defendant-Appellee.
Clayton T. Jones, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: February 25, 2022
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Timothy M. Cain, District Judge. (3:20-cv-04063-TMC)
Clayton T. Jones, Appellant Pro Se.
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM.
Clayton T. Jones appeals the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint.We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Although the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies to state court decisions, not ongoing state court proceedings, see Hulsey v. Cisa, 947 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir. 2020), we may affirm on any basis apparent from the record, see United States v. Riley, 856 F.3d 326, 328 (4th Cir. 2017). Because Jones did not state a non-frivolous claim that his due process rights were violated, we affirm the district court's order. See Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S. 403, 415 (2002) (explaining plaintiff raising denial of access claim "must identify a nonfrivolous, arguable underlying claim" in order to adequately plead his claim (internal quotation marks omitted)). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
Although the district court dismissed the action without prejudice, mere amendment cannot cure the deficiencies identified by the district court, and we thus have jurisdiction over this appeal. See Bing v. Brivo Sys., LLC, 959 F.3d 605, 610 (4th Cir. 2020), cert. denied, 141 S.Ct. 1376 (2021).
D.C. Ct. of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462 (1983); Rooker v. Fid. Tr. Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923).
AFFIRMED.