Rufus Anderson v. Karen Patterson

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-2296 RUFUS JULIUS CORNELIUS ANDERSON, a/k/a Rufus Julius C. Anderson, a/k/a Rufus J. Anderson, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. KAREN PATTERSON; MIRANDA B. PIERCE WARE; JOHN SIMMONS; PATRICIA FULLER; E.F. IRICK, Defendants - Appellees and LETITIA VERDIN; DAVID FISHER; ALEX KINLAW, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (6:16-cv-00761-MGL) Submitted: April 25, 2017 Decided: April 27, 2017 Before MOTZ, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Rufus J. C. Anderson, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Holmes Burton, GIBBES & BURTON, LLC, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Barbara Murcier Bowens, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina; Robert Patrick Coler, Assistant City Attorney, Logan McCombs Wells, CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Rufus Julius Cornelius Anderson appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and granting Defendants’ motions to dismiss his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint on the basis of qualified immunity. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Anderson’s motion for an order of protection or restraining order, grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Anderson v. Patterson, No. 6:16-cv-00761-MGL (D.S.C. Sept. 29, 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 3