Edward James Egan v. Gene M. Johnson

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion for bail/release pending appeal (Local Rule 9(a) and (b)) [998645567-2] Originating case number: 7:07-cv-00509-gec-mfu Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998658988]. Mailed to: Egan. [11-6469]

Appeal: 11-6469

Document: 23

Date Filed: 08/19/2011

Page: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-6469

EDWARD JAMES EGAN,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
GENE
M.
JOHNSON,
Corrections,

Director,

Virginia

Department

of

Respondent – Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke.
James C. Turk, Senior
District Judge. (7:07-cv-00509-gec-mfu)

Submitted:

July 14, 2011

Decided:

August 19, 2011

Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edward James Egan, Appellant Pro Se.
Joshua Mikell Didlake,
Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Appeal: 11-6469

Document: 23

Date Filed: 08/19/2011

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PER CURIAM:
Edward James Egan, Sr., appeals the district court’s
order denying his self-styled “Motion for Appearance to Testify
in a [P]ending [M]atter.”

Because Egan’s informal briefs fail

to address the district court’s dismissal of the motion, this
issue

has

been

abandoned.

See

4th

Cir.

R.

34(b);

Wahi

v.

Charleston Area Med. Ctr., Inc., 562 F.3d 599, 607 (4th Cir.
2009).

In any event, we discern no infirmity in the district

court’s ruling.
order.

Egan v.

Feb. 11, 2011).

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s
Johnson,

No.

7:07-cv-00509-gec-mfu

(W.D.

Va.

We deny Egan’s motion for bail and 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.
AFFIRMED

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