UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-7846
BRYAN DALE OSBORNE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
K. COLEMAN, Corporal,
Defendant - Appellee,
and
COUNSELOR SYKES; FRANK ROACH, Housing Unit-8
Manager; R. PARKER, Sergeant, Internal
Affairs; CARABELLA-FERNANDEZ, Housing Unit-3
Manager; OTHERS UNKNOWN,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District
Judge. (CA-00-801)
Submitted: March 11, 2004 Decided: March 18, 2004
Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Bryan Dale Osborne, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Carson Vorhis, Pamela
Anne Sargeant, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA,
Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Bryan Dale Osborne appeals the district court’s order
granting partial summary judgment to Defendants and the district
court’s subsequent order entering judgment for Defendants in
accordance with the jury’s verdict on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000)
complaint. We review an order granting summary judgment de novo.
See Moore Bros. Co. v. Brown & Root, Inc., 207 F.3d 717, 722 (4th
Cir. 2000). Summary judgment is appropriate only if, after viewing
the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party,
there are no material issues of fact in dispute and the moving
party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Anderson v.
Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986); Evans v. Techs.
Applications & Serv. Co., 80 F.3d 954, 958 (4th Cir. 1996). In
order to withstand a motion for summary judgment, the non-moving
party must produce competent evidence sufficient to reveal the
existence of a genuine issue of material fact. See Greensboro
Prof’l Fire Fighters Ass’n v. City of Greensboro, 64 F.3d 962, 967
(4th Cir. 1995). Our review of the record convinces us that the
district court properly granted partial summary judgment.
Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district
court. See Osborne v. Coleman, No. CA-00-801 (E.D. Va. Sept. 10,
2002).
Osborne asserts several claims of ineffective assistance of
counsel at trial. As there is no constitutional right to counsel
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for civil litigation, however, we do not consider these claims.
Finally, the record indicates that the parties’ versions of events
were contradictory. We will not disturb the jury’s credibility
determination in favor of the Defendant, nor will we weigh the
evidence anew. Accordingly, we affirm. 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
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