James Spencer v. State of South Carolina

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-1682 JAMES B. SPENCER; DORIS E HOLT, Estate of Doris E. Holt, Plaintiffs - Appellants, and RODNEY LAIL, a/k/a Keith Lail, a/k/a Rodney Keith Lail; IRENE SANTACROCE; RICKY STEPHENS; MARGUERITE STEPHENS; NICHOLAS C. WILLIAMSON; DAN GREEN, Plaintiffs, v. HORRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION; DAVID CALDWELL; LARRY GAINEY; MICHAEL PRODAN; MARK KEEL; JOHNNY MORGAN, Horry County Police Chief , Defendants - Appellees, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; N JOHN BENSON; PHIL CELESTINI; PAUL GARDNER; DAVID M HARDY; KERRY HAYNES; THOMAS ISABELLA, JR.; MICHAEL KIRKPATRICK; THOMAS MARSH; MONTE DELL MCKEE; MATTHEW PERRY; GEORGE SKALUBA; CHRIS SWECKER; NOEL HEROLD; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT; UNKNOWN JOHN DOES, Defendants, and JAY SALEEBY, Aiken, Bridges, Nunn, Elliott & Tyler, P.A.; SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD, Movants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (3:11-cv-00977-MGL) Submitted: February 21, 2019 Decided: March 20, 2019 Before KING and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. John P. Batson, JOHN P. BATSON, LAW OFFICE, Augusta, Georgia, for Appellants. Eugene H. Matthews, RICHARDSON PLOWDEN & ROBINSON, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina; James M. Saleeby, Jr., AIKEN BRIDGES ELLIOTT TYLER & SALEEBY, P.A., Florence, South Carolina; Andrew F. Lindemann, LINDEMANN DAVIS & HUGHES, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: James B. Spencer and the Estate of Doris E. Holt appeal the district court’s orders adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing the claims against some of the Appellees for failure to effect service of process, adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing the remaining claims with prejudice, and denying reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Spencer v. South Carolina, No. 3:11-cv-00977-MGL (D.S.C. Aug. 30, 2012; Sept. 19, 2013; Jan. 31, 2014; Mar. 1, 2018; & May 16, 2018). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3