Plummer v. Harris

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 01-7382 THOMAS EDWARD PLUMMER, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus SERGEANT HARRIS, Officer at Wallens Ridge State Prison, Defendant - Appellee, and RONALD J. ANGELONE; NURSE MCNEIL, Medical Department, Wallens Ridge State Prison; S.K. YOUNG; RANDOLPH PHILLIPS; ADAM HARVEY, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Pamela Meade Sargent, Magistrate Judge. (CA-00-678) Submitted: February 14, 2002 Decided: February 22, 2002 Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Thomas Edward Plummer, Appellant Pro Se. William W. Muse, Assis- tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). 2 PER CURIAM: Thomas Edward Plummer appeals the magistrate judge’s order dismissing his action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 2001), following a bench trial.* The record does not contain a transcript of the trial. Plummer has the burden of including in the record on appeal a transcript of all parts of the proceedings material to the issues raised on appeal. Fed. R. App. P. 10(b); 4th Cir. Local R. 10(c). Appellants proceeding on appeal in forma pauperis are entitled to transcripts at government expense only in certain cir- cumstances. 28 U.S.C. § 753(f) (1994). By failing to produce a transcript or to qualify for the production of a transcript at government expense, Plummer has waived review of the issues on ap- peal which depend upon the transcript to show error. See Keller v. Prince George’s Co., 827 F.2d 952, 954 n.1 (4th Cir. 1987). We have reviewed the record before the court and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible error. We therefore affirm the dis- trict court’s order. We deny Plummer’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis and 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 * The parties consented to proceed before the magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C.A. § 636(c) (West 1993 & Supp. 2001). 3