Ragland v. Powell, No. 06-6575 (4th Cir. 2006)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 06-6575 OMORO RAGLAND, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus H. R. POWELL; W. W. PIXLEY; W. F. SEAL; W. THORNE; R. M. HEDGEPETH; LIEUTENANT BARNES; LIEUTENANT SMITH; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER BOONE; CORRECTIONAL OFFICER PRYOR; MS. TANN; RONALD J. ANGELONE; GENE JOHNSON; R. FLEMING; J. LEE; D. HAMMOND; R. A. YOUNG; L. W. JARVIS; F. LOCKHART; K. A. POLINSKY; V. J. BANDY; GERALD K. WASHINGTON; B. BOOKER; LIEUTENANT EDMONDS; MS. HARRISON; L. W. HUFFMAN; J. BOONE, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James C. Turk, Senior District Judge. (7:02-cv-00786-jct) Submitted: July 25, 2006 Decided: August 2, 2006 Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Omoro Ragland, Appellant Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assistant Attorney General, Joel Christopher Hoppe, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). - 2 - PER CURIAM: Omoro Ragland appeals from the district court s order granting summary judgment to the Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) action challenging, among other things, the validity and enforcement of the prison s grooming policy. record and find no reversible error. We have reviewed the Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Ragland v. Powell, No. 7:02-cv-00786-jct (W.D. Va. filed Mar. 14 & entered Mar. 15, 2006). 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 - 3 -

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