Harold Thornton v. Terry O'Brien

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999218202-2] Originating case number: 5:12-cv-00074-FPS-JSK Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999266012]. Mailed to: Thornton. [13-7539]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-7539

HAROLD JEROME THORNTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
TERRY O’BRIEN, Warden; BRINSON, Lieutenant, Agent formerly
known as Brenson; J. SQUIRES, Officer, Agent formerly known
as John Doe #1; A. CRAWFORD, Counselor, Agent formerly
known as John Doe #2,
Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Wheeling.
Frederick P. Stamp,
Jr., Senior District Judge. (5:12-cv-00074-FPS-JSK)

Submitted:

December 19, 2013

Decided:

December 24, 2013

Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Harold Jerome Thornton, Appellant Pro Se. Jarod James Douglas,
Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, for
Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Harold

Jerome

Thornton

appeals

the

district

court’s

order adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
denying relief on his complaint filed 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 the

district court.
(N.D.W.

Va.

appoint

counsel

facts

and

materials

Thornton v. O’Brien, No. 5:12-cv-00074-FPS-JSK

Aug.

legal
before

21,

and

2013).

We

deny

Thornton’s

dispense

with

oral

argument

contentions

are

adequately

this

and

argument

court

motion

because

presented

would

not

to
the

in

the

aid

the

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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