Donald L. Morrison v. Wayne R. Myer
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 7:14-cv-00085-BR. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999633534]. Mailed to: Donald Morrison. [15-1155]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-1155
DONALD MORRISON,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
WAYNE R. MYERS; GEORGE B. CURRIN; STEPHEN A. WEST; DENNIS
DUFFY; S. KATHERINE BURNETTE,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Wilmington.
W. Earl Britt,
Senior District Judge. (7:14-cv-00085-BR)
Submitted:
June 29, 2015
Decided:
August 4, 2015
Before SHEDD, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Donald Morrison, Appellant Pro Se. Joshua Bryan Royster, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina; David
Stebbins Coats, John Thomas Crook, BAILEY & DIXON, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Donald Morrison (“Appellant”) appeals the district court’s
order dismissing his complaint.
Appellant’s
claims
were
appeal,
claims
against
barred
Appellant
under
does
The district court dismissed
government
the
not
officials
doctrine
challenge
of
res
this
because
these
judicata.
finding;
On
instead,
Appellant focuses on the merits of his claim against a single
individual.
An appellant must present his or her “contentions and the
reasons for them, with citations to the authorities and parts of
the record on which the appellant relies.”
28(a)(8)(A).
this
rule
abandonment
Fed. R. App. P.
“Failure to comply with the specific dictates of
with
of
respect
that
claim
to
a
on
particular
appeal.”
claim
Edwards
triggers
v.
City
of
Goldsboro, 178 F.3d 231, 241 n.6 (4th Cir. 1999).
Appellant
has
not
challenged
the
district
court’s
determination that the doctrine of res judicata bars Appellant’s
claims.
Accordingly, Appellant has abandoned his claim that the
district court erred by finding these claims barred.
affirm
for
the
reasons
stated
by
the
district
court.
So we
See
Morrison v. Myers, No. 7:14-cv-00085 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 6, 2015).
We
dispense
with
oral
argument
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because
the
facts
and
legal
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contentions
are
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presented
in
the
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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