UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6766
KEVIN M. BARBOUR, SR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
STATE OF MARYLAND; THOMAS R. CORCORAN, Brock-
bridge Correctional Warden,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Andre M. Davis, District Judge. (CA-96-
1013-AMD)
Submitted: June 28, 1996 Decided: August 14, 1996
Before WIDENER, WILKINS, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kevin M. Barbour, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals from the district court's order dismissing
without prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) action for failure to
either allege that he forewarned Defendants or other prison offi-
cials that he was in danger, or provide evidence of a risk of harm
to Appellant to which Defendants were deliberately indifferent. A
dismissal without prejudice is generally not appealable "unless the
grounds for dismissal clearly indicate that `no amendment [in the
complaint] could cure the defects in the [Appellant's] case.'" See
Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064,
1067 (4th Cir. 1993) (quoting Coniston Corp. v. Village of Hoffman
Estates, 844 F.2d 461, 463 (7th Cir. 1988)). Because the district
court's reason for dismissing the action did not clearly indicate
that no amendment could cure the defect, we dismiss the appeal as
interlocutory. 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.
DISMISSED
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