Notice: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) States That Citation of Unpublished Dispositions is Disfavored Except for Establishing Res Judicata, Estoppel, or the Law of the Case and Requires Service of Copies of Cited Unpublished Dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.jerome Louis Davis, Plaintiff--appellant, v. M.j. Bittenbender, Detective; Lieutenant Mckoy; Sheriffroberts; Major Adams, Defendants--appellees,andsheriff Michaels; Magistrate Powhatan County; Captaincarson, Defendants, 89 F.3d 827 (4th Cir. 1996)

Jerome Davis appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the Defendant on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) claim, alleging that the magistrate judge erred in several pre-trial rulings.¹  We affirm.

Davis claims that the magistrate judge erred by: (1) failing and/or refusing to subpoena requested witnesses; (2) denying Davis' motion to sever the trial; (3) denying Davis' motion for continuance; (4) denying Davis' motion for appointment of counsel; (5) not "intertain [ing] [Davis'] motion of objection to certain jury instructions;" and (6) allowing the defense to use Davis' criminal conviction. Our review reveals no error in the magistrate judge's rulings. Davis also alleges that some of the jury members were asleep during portions of his trial and that the magistrate judge used "scare tactics" to keep him from objecting. We find these scant allegations, without more, insufficient to warrant reversal of the jury's verdict. Accordingly, we affirm the jury verdict in favor of the Defendant.²  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.