James Owens-El v. Steven Brunson

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:11-cv-00523-WDQ Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998930941]. Mailed to: James Owens-El. [12-1183]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-1183

JAMES JOSEPH OWENS-EL,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
STEVEN BRUNSON; MARY JO WILLIAMS; NATALIE VALLANDINGHAM;
PAUL R.A. HOWARD; JOYCE MCBRIDE; DAVID WANNAMAN; PATRICIA
VINES; ISAAC FULWOOD; ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER; U.S.
ATTORNEY ROD J. ROSENSTEIN,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
William D. Quarles, Jr., District
Judge. (1:11-cv-00523-WDQ)

Submitted:

August 30, 2012

Decided:

September 5, 2012

Before WILKINSON, KING, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

James Joseph Owens-El, Appellant Pro Se.
Larry David Adams,
Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
James
order

denying

Joseph

Owens-El

appeals

relief

on

complaint

his

the

district

filed

court’s

pursuant

to

Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics,
403 U.S. 388 (1971).

We have reviewed the record and find no

reversible error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated

by

court.

the

00523-WDQ

district
(D.

Md.

Dec.

Owens-El
14,

v.

2012). *

Brunson,
We

No.

dispense

1:11-cvwith

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

*

Assuming that probation officers are law enforcement
officers under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and that the
United States has waived its immunity with regard to certain of
their intentional torts, see Ignacio v. United States, 674 F.3d
252, 253 (4th Cir. 2012), Owens-El’s claims under the FTCA are
subject
to
dismissal
because
he
failed
to
exhaust
his
administrative remedies.
See Ahmed v. United States, 30 F.3d
514, 516 (4th Cir. 1994).

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