Kevin Smith v. Jonathan Ozmint

Filing 920091214

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6680

KEVIN SMITH, a/k/a Royal Blackness, a/k/a Bar None, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. JON E. OZMINT; ROBERT E. WARD; JAMES E. SLIGH, JR.; JOHN LUNDEN; DAVID TATARSKI; BERNARD MCKIE; VAUGHN JACKSON; GARY LANE; CHARLES AMAKER; J. PECK; GLENN ALEWINE; WILLIAM LITRELL; NED COOPER; BRENT A. MILLS; LARRY KONG, of American Amenities, Incorporated in their official and individual capacity; AMERICAN AMENITIES INCORPORATED, Defendants ­ Appellees, and ESTHER QUATTLEBAUM; DENNIS DUNLAP; J. C. BROWN; ROBERT ESPISITO; H. BOATMAN; VERONICA SMITH; DENISE CANNARELLA; BRETT, R.N.; AEDEC INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED; MCMASTER; JOHN DOE, Defendants.

No. 09-7540

KEVIN SMITH, a/k/a Royal Blackness, a/k/a Bar None, Plaintiff - Appellant, v.

JON OZMINT; ROBERT E. WARD; JAMES E. SLIGH, JR.; JOHN LUNDEN; DAVID TATARSKI; BERNARD MCKIE; VAUGHN JACKSON; GARY LANE; CHARLES AMAKER; J. PECK; GLENN ALEWINE; WILLIAM LITRELL; NED COOPER; H. BOATMAN; LARRY KONG, of American Amenities, Incorporated, in their official and individual capacity; AMERICAN AMENITIES, INCORPORATED, Defendants ­ Appellees, and AEDEC INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED; JOHN DOE; DENNIS DUNLAP; J. C. BROWN; ROBERT ESPISITO; DENISE CANNARELLA; BRETT, R.N., BRENT A. MILLS; HENRY MCMASTER, Defendants.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (9:07-cv-03644-PMD)

Submitted:

November 24, 2009

Decided:

December 14, 2009

Before MOTZ, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kevin Smith, Appellant Pro Se. William Henry Davidson, II, Matthew Blaine Rosbrugh, DAVIDSON & LINDEMANN, PA, Columbia, South Carolina; Vinton D. Lide, Michael Stephen Pauley, LIDE & PAULEY, LLC, Lexington, South Carolina; Christopher R. Antley, DEVLIN & PARKINSON, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: In these consolidated appeals, Kevin Smith, a/k/a Bar None Royal Blackness, the appeals the of district the court's orders and

accepting

recommendations

magistrate

judge

dismissing two Defendants because the Defendants were not state actors and granting summary judgment to the remaining Defendants and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint. reviewed the record and find no reversible error. We have

Accordingly, See

we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.

Smith v. Ozmint, No. 9:07-cv-03644-PMD (D.S.C. Mar. 12, 2009; July 23, 2009). facts and legal before We dispense with oral argument because the contentions the court are and adequately argument presented not in aid the the

materials

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decisional process. AFFIRMED

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