McClelland v. Johnson

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 04-6829 STEPHEN E. MCCLELLAND, Party in Interest - Appellant, and ALLEN MCRAE; CHARLES STEVENSON; PATRICK LAHENS; DENNIS BLYDEN; DAVID EVICK, JR.; RASHID QAWI AL-AMIN, Plaintiffs, versus GENE M. JOHNSON, in his official capacity, Defendant - Appellee. --------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Movant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, Senior District Judge. (CA-03-164-3) Submitted: September 1, 2004 Decided: October 28, 2004 Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed in part; dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion. Stephen E. McClelland, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Ralph Davis, Joel Christopher Hoppe, 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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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). - 2 - PER CURIAM: Stephen E. McClelland appeals the district court’s order denying his motion to intervene filed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 24. We have reviewed the record and find no abuse of discretion in the district court’s denial of relief. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s denial of McClelland’s motion for intervention as of right under Rule 24(a) for the reasons stated by the district court. See McClelland v. Johnson, No. CA-03-164-3 (E.D. Va. Apr. 20, 2004). We dismiss the appeal from the district court’s denial of McClelland’s motion for permissive intervention under Rule 24(b). See Bhd. of R.R. Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Co., 331 U.S. 519, 524 (1947) (“Ordinarily, in the absence of an abuse of discretion, no appeal lies from an order denying leave to intervene where intervention is a permissive matter with the discretion of the court.”). 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 IN PART; DISMISSED IN PART - 3 -