Royal v. Bassett

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-6058 JAMES J. ROYAL, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. KATHLEEN J. BASSETT, Warden; K. L. PICKEREL, Assistant Warden; M. GILBERT, RNCB; MR. PHIPPS, Nurse; FRED SCHILLING, TLC Health Director; GEORGE SMITH, Chief Dentist for the Virginia Department of Corrections, Defendants – Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Senior District Judge. (7:08-cv-00222-jlk-mfu) Submitted: July 9, 2009 Decided: August 14, 2009 Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and AGEE, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. James J. Royal, Appellant Pro Se. Susan Bland Curwood, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Rosalie Fessier, TIMBERLAKE, SMITH, THOMAS & MOSES, PC, Staunton, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: James J. Royal appeals the district court's orders granting Defendants’ summary judgment motions on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) deliberate indifference to dental needs claims, and denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion for reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s orders. Royal v. Bassett, 7:08-cv-00222-jlk-mfu (W.D. Va. Dec. 9, 2008; Jan. 8, 2009). 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 2