UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-6587
DELBERT LAMAR RANKIN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
JOHN CRANFORD; ANTHONY JOHNSON; CHRISTOPHER
COLLIER; PAXTON BUTLER; ALLEN MARTIN; KENNETH
B. DARTY; JUDY SILLS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Statesville. Richard L. Voorhees,
District Judge. (CA-03-99-2-V)
Submitted: August 18, 2005 Decided: August 25, 2005
Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Delbert Lamar Rankin, Appellant Pro Se. Edmund L. Gaines,
HOMESLEY, JONES, GAINES & HOMESLEY, Statesville, North Carolina;
Gerald Patrick Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth F.
Parsons, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Delbert Lamar Rankin appeals the district court’s order
granting the Defendants’ motions to dismiss his complaint filed
under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000). We have reviewed the record and
find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Rankin’s motion for
appointment of counsel and affirm on the reasoning of the district
court. See Rankin v. Cranford, No. CA-03-99-2-V (W.D.N.C. filed
Apr. 14, 2005; entered Apr. 15, 2005). 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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