Leonard Arthur STRICKLAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia L. CARUSO, M.D.O.C., Director, Defendant-Appellee, 328 F. App'x 330

OPINION FORESTER, Senior District Judge. Plaintiff-Appellant, Leonard Arthur Strickland, a pro se Michigan prisoner, appeals a district court order granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss his civil rights suit filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district judge here dismissed the complaint sua sponte for failure to state a claim, without service to the defendant. In light of this court’s recent decision in Jones v. Caruso, 569 F.3d 258 (6th Cir.2009), this disposition is not proper. Therefore, we VACATE the judgment and REMAND the case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the decision in Jones.