UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-7691
WILLIAM LAUREANO,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
CAPTAIN FNU JONES,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Aiken. Timothy M. Cain, District Judge.
(1:11-cv-00779-TMC)
Submitted: February 16, 2012 Decided: February 23, 2012
Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William Laureano, Appellant Pro Se. Steven Michael Pruitt,
MCDONALD, PATRICK, TINSLEY, BAGGETT & POSTON, Greenwood, South
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
William Laureano appeals the district court’s order
accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying
relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint. We have
reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly,
we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.
Laureano v. Jones, No. 1:11-cv-00779-TMC (D.S.C. Dec. 2, 2011).
Laureano claims on appeal that the district court was biased
against him and should have recused himself. Our review of the
record has revealed no evidence of extra-judicial bias, and
therefore this argument is without merit. See Liteky v. United
States, 510 U.S. 540, 555 (1994) (holding that unfavorable
judicial rulings alone do not constitute bias). We deny
Laureano’s motion for appointment of counsel. 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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