Willis v. Griffin

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 97-1231 DANIEL JOHNSON WILLIS, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus WILLIAM C. GRIFFIN, JR., Senior Resident Judge; PHILIP W. TOELKES, Trial Court Admin- istrator; CHARLES E. SIMPSON, JR., Attorney; THE LAW FIRM OF HARRIS, SHIELDS AND CREECH; DEBRA TURNER, Assistant Clerk of Superior Court; C. C. HENDERSON, Town Attorney, Town of Trenton, North Carolina; JOFFREE T. LEGGETT, Mayor; EDWARD EUBANKS, Town Councilman; WIL- LARD O. LEWIS, Town Councilman; CHARLES JONES, Town Councilman; C. GLENN SPIVEY, Town Clerk; NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; DONALD STILLEY, President, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance; ABBOTT MEADOWS, Vice President, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance; EDGAR MILLS, Sec- retary, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance; MICHAEL SHEPERD, Treasurer, North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance; HARVEY ROUSE, JR., Board of Directors; ALVA HOWARD, Board of Directors; ROOSEVELT MURRELL, Board of Directors; C. W. ADAMS, Board of Directors; KEITH METTS, Board of Directors; SAM DAVIS, Board of Directors; LEROY MEADOWS, Board of Directors; LARRY JONES, Board of Directors; their agents, employees and successors. All defendants are sued in their individual and official capacities; TOWN OF TRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of North Carolina, at New Bern. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (CA-96-152-BO) Submitted: June 19, 1997 Decided: June 27, 1997 Before WILKINS and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Daniel Johnson Willis, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Giles Meacham, Jr., OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North Carolina; Robert Strong Shields, Jr., Charles E. Simpson, Jr., Thomas Edward Harris, HARRIS, SHIELDS & CREECH, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). 2 PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals the district court's order denying relief on his civil rights action. We have reviewed the record and the dis- trict court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Willis v. Griffin, No. CA-96-152-BO (E.D.N.C. Jan. 21, 1997). We deny Willis's motion for appointment of counsel. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma- terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3