UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6393
SAMUEL KNOWLES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Senior
District Judge. (5:12-ct-03212-F)
Submitted: December 1, 2016 Decided: December 20, 2016
Before KING, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Samuel Knowles, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly Ann Moore, OFFICE OF
THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina; Christina Ann
Kelley, BUREAU OF PRISONS, Butner, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Samuel Knowles appeals the district court’s order awarding
nominal damages to him in this Federal Tort Claims Act action. We
have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.
Accordingly, we affirm because, as the district court noted,
Knowles did not carry his burden to establish an amount of actual
damages. See Olivetti Corp. v. Ames Bus. Sys., Inc., 356 S.E.2d
578, 586 (N.C. 1987); Knowles v. United States, No. 5:12-ct-03212
(E.D.N.C. Feb. 11, 2016). 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
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