Peery v. Johnson

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 00-7700 DONALD WAYNE PEERY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and KEITH WILLIAM DEBLASIO; DONALD WELLS; S. BATTS; D. WILSON; D. MCBRIDE; JOHN HARRIS; ERIC HOBBS; NASH; KEVIN A. EGGLESTON; STEVEN C. WHISENANT; WALTER EPPS; WESLEY HAMMOND; CLARENCE W. TERRY; THOMAS ALEXANDER; DERRICK K. JONES, Plaintiffs, versus GENE M. JOHNSON, Deputy Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; RON ANGELONE, Di- rector, Virginia Department of Corrections; W. P. ROGERS, Regional Director, Virginia De- partment of Corrections; C. D. LARSON, Warden, Lunenburg Correctional Center; CAROL F. WALLACE, Associate Warden of Operations, Lunenburg Correctional Center; JERRY R. TOWN- SEND; VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendants - Appellees. KAREEM HARRIS, Movant. No. 00-7701 DONALD WAYNE PEERY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and IRA WAYNE MADISON, Plaintiff, versus RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Depart- ment of Corrections; GENE JOHNSON, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections; DAVID A. GARRAGHTY, Warden, G.R.C.C.; G.R.C.C. STAFF AND SECURITY, Defendants - Appellees. KAREEM HARRIS, Movant. No. 00-7702 DONALD WAYNE PEERY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and 2 RICHARD GUTRIDGE; DERRICK D. STEELE; CASHA S. AL; UHURU NASHEED, Plaintiffs, versus GENE M. JOHNSON, Deputy Director; RONALD ANGELONE, Director; K.V. BONNER, Unit Manager, Defendants - Appellees. KAREEM HARRIS, Movant. No. 00-7703 DONALD WAYNE PEERY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and LIAN J. ROSS; I-TAL RASTAFARIAN COMMUNITY, Plaintiffs, versus DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; RON ANGELONE, Defendants - Appellees, and 3 RON DE’ANGELO, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Defendant. KAREEM HARRIS, Movant. No. 00-7704 DONALD WAYNE PEERY, Plaintiff - Appellant, and T. UNDERSTANDING ALLAH, Plaintiff, versus R. ANGELONE, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Defendant - Appellee. KAREEM HARRIS, Movant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District Judge. (CA-99-1818-AM, CA-99-1859-AM, CA-00-18-AM, CA-00-170-AM, CA-00-211-AM) 4 Submitted: June 22, 2001 Decided: July 9, 2001 Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Donald Wayne Peery, Appellant Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assis- tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). 5 PER CURIAM: Donald Wayne Peery appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the Defendants in his civil action challenging Division Operating Procedure 864, a prison grooming policy requiring that male inmates’ hair not be more than one inch in thickness/depth and prohibiting beards. We have re- viewed the record and the district court’s opinion, along with Peery’s allegations of error, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Peery’s motion to be excused from paying the filing fee and affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Peery v. Johnson, No. CA-99-1818-AM & No. CA-00-18-AM; Peery v. Angelone, No. CA-99-1859-AM & No. CA-00-211; Peery v. Dep’t of Corr., No. CA-00-170-AM (E.D. Va. filed Oct. 25, 2000, entered Oct. 30, 2000). We dispense with 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 6