Demetrius Hill v. Terry O'Brien

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999219417-2]; denying Motion for transcript at government expense [999219417-3] Originating case number: 7:08-cv-00283-JCT-RSB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999297024]. Mailed to: Demetrius Hill. [13-7530]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-7530

DEMETRIUS HILL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
TERRY A. O’BRIEN, Warden; MR. STRICKLAND, Associate Warden;
MR. WILSON, Captain; LIEUTENANT STIGER; DOCTOR ALLRED;
DOCTOR ROFF, Health Administrator; NURSE MEADE; CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER CRUM; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TAYLOR; CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER MARTIN,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
COUNSELOR PULIVAR; COUNSELOR MULLINS;
Manager; T. TAYLOR, Correctional Officer,

MS.

HALL,

Case

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke.
James C. Turk, Senior
District Judge. (7:08-cv-00283-JCT-RSB)

Submitted:

January 31, 2014

Decided:

February 14, 2014

Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Demetrius Hill, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Linn Eckert, Assistant
United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
In

April

2008,

Demetrius

Hill

filed

a

complaint

pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of
Narcotics,

403

U.S.

388

(1971),

alleging

officials violated his constitutional rights.

various

prison

After a rather

circuitous path, 1 Hill now appeals the district court’s order of
April 4, 2011, granting summary judgment to certain defendants
on his claims of (1) excessive force using ambulatory restraints
on November 1, 2007; (2) deliberate indifference to his serious
medical

needs

on

November

1,

2007;

and

(3)

deliberate

indifference to his chronic asthmatic condition. 2

1

See Hill v. O’Brien, 387 F. App’x 396 (4th Cir. 2010)
(unpublished) (vacating district court’s dismissal of Hill’s
excessive force claims and remanding the case to the district
court in light of Wilkins v. Gaddy,
559 U.S. 34 (2010), and
vacating district court’s order granting summary judgment on
Hill’s medical claims for failure to exhaust administrative
remedies and remanding those claims to the district court); see
also Hill v. Crum, 727 F.3d 312 (4th Cir. 2013) (reversing the
district court’s order denying Crum’s motion for judgment as a
matter of law, and remanding with instructions to enter judgment
in favor of Crum).
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In so confining his appeal, Hill has waived review of the
issues he has not briefed or challenged. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b)
(directing appealing parties to present specific arguments in an
informal brief and stating that this court’s review on appeal is
limited to the issues raised in the informal brief).

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We have reviewed the record and find no reversible
error. 3

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the

district court.

Hill v. O’Brien, 7:08-cv-00283-JCT-RSB (W.D.

Va. Apr. 4, 2011).

We deny Hill’s motion for appointment of

counsel and for a transcript at government expense.

We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately

presented

in

the

materials

before

this

court

and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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Although Hill’s notice of appeal was filed prior to the
entry of final judgment, we have jurisdiction over this appeal
under the doctrine of cumulative finality.
Equip. Fin. Group,
Inc. v. Traverse Computer Brokers, 973 F.2d 345, 347–48 (4th
Cir. 1992).

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