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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FILED
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
JANUARY 18, 2008
THOMAS K. KAHN
No. 07-12030
CLERK
Non-Argument Calendar
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D. C. Docket No. 07-20781-CV-KMM
RONALD SEARCY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
ANTHONY F. SANCHEZ,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(January 18, 2008)
Before TJOFLAT, CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Ronald Searcy is serving a fifteen-year sentence in a Florida prison
following a plea of guilty in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court to a three-count
information charging him with tampering with evidence, i.e., narcotics, obstructing
a police officer while the officer was engaged in arresting Searcy, and attempting
to flee from the officer. He is presently appealing his convictions to the Florida
District Court of Appeal.
Proceeding pro se, Searcy brought this law suit against the circuit judge who
presided over his case, and the lawyer he retained privately to defend him, alleging
that the judge denied him his federal constitutional rights in handling the case and
the lawyer denied him the effective assistance of counsel, in violation of the federal
constitution. The district court referred the matter to a magistrate judge, who
issued a Report and Recommendation (“R & R”), recommending that the court
dismiss the case for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii).
The court adopted the R & R as part of its decision, and dismissed the case.
Searcy now appeals.
We find no merit in Searcy’s complaint for the reasons stated in the R & R,
and therefore affirm the court’s judgment.1
AFFIRMED.
1
Searcy challenges the court’s decision denying him leave to amend his complaint to
add his wife as a party. The challenge is frivolous.
2