Stephen Earl v. US

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 5:14-cv-00115-F Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000031061]. [16-1734]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1734

STEPHEN EARL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
UNITED STATES V.A.; SLOAN D. GIBSON, Acting Secretary of
V.A.; JAMES CRANDELL, VA Employee; DENNIS MCCLAINE, VA
Employee; LONNIE HATTON, VA Employee; JOE SOVATOS, VA
Employee; E. DOUGLAS BRADSHAW, JR., VA Employee; TISHA
BALKNELL, VA Employee,
Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
James C. Fox, Senior
District Judge. (5:14-cv-00115-F)

Submitted:

February 23, 2017

Decided:

February 27, 2017

Before SHEDD and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit
Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Cedric R. Perry, PERRY & ASSOCIATES, Rocky Mount, North
Carolina, for Appellant.
John Stuart Bruce, United States
Attorney, G. Norman Acker, III, Kimberly A. Moore, Assistant
United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Stephen Earl appeals the district court’s order granting
summary

judgment

to

the

Federal Tort Claims Act.
no reversible error.

Government

on

his

action

under

the

We have reviewed the record and find

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons

stated by the district court.

Earl v. United States, No. 5:14-

cv-00115-F

2016).

(E.D.N.C.

May

31,

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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