Charles Rippy, Jr. v. Officer Thomas Burkett

Filing 920090827

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7003

CHARLES A. RIPPY, JR., Plaintiff ­ Appellant, v. OFFICER THOMAS BURKETT, Defendant ­ Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, Senior District Judge. (5:08-ct-03006-H)

Submitted:

August 20, 2009

Decided:

August 27, 2009

Before WILKINSON and Senior Circuit Judge.

MICHAEL,

Circuit

Judges,

and

HAMILTON,

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Charles A. Rippy, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, Appellee.

Yvonne Bulluck Ricci, North Carolina, for

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Charles A. Rippy, Jr., appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in Defendant's favor in Rippy's civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006). reviewed the record and find no reversible error. we affirm for North the reasons stated No. by the We have

Accordingly, court.

district

Rippy v.

Carolina,

5:08-ct-03006-H

(E.D.N.C.

May 15, 2009).

Although we grant Rippy's application to proceed

in forma pauperis, we deny his motions requesting release from imprisonment, change in his payment for constitutional and race. We violations, dispense and a

nationality

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. AFFIRMED

2