Mark Dowdy v. University of Virginia

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 7:11-cv-00549-MFU-RSB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998863677]. Mailed to: Dowdy. [11-7699]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-7699

MARK RYLAND DOWDY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA; JOHN T. CASTEEN, III; TERESA A.
SULLIVAN; ELIZABETH OLMSTEAD; JEFFREY MAGNUM; RACHEL ADAMS;
NANCY KNOELL; LISA SLATE; HOLLIS LUMPKIN; ANGELA BOYD; MARK
RATZLAFF; LESLIE RIGGS; BEVERLY FRIES; GREGORY BURES; JAMES
SATIRA,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Michael F. Urbanski, District
Judge. (7:11-cv-00549-MFU-RSB)

Submitted:

May 24, 2012

Before MOTZ and
Circuit Judge.

DAVIS,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

May 30, 2012

HAMILTON,

Senior

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mark Ryland Dowdy, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Mark Ryland Dowdy appeals the district court’s order
dismissing

without

prejudice

his

42

U.S.C.

§ 1983

(2006)

complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) (2006).

We

have reviewed the record and find that this appeal is frivolous.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for the reasons stated by the
district court.

Dowdy v. Univ. of Va., No. 7:11-cv-00549-MFU-

RSB (W.D. Va. entered Dec. 6, 2011 & filed Dec. 7, 2011).
dispense

with

oral

argument

because

the

facts

and

We

legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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