Richard Blackburn v. State of South Carolina, No. 09-6677 (4th Cir. 2010)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-6677 RICHARD E. BLACKBURN, Plaintiff Appellant, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: JON OZMINT, Director of South Carolina Department of Corrections; ROBERT WARD, Regional Director of South Carolina Deparment of Corrections; ROBIN CHAVIS, ECI Associate Warden; MS. SPRATTLING, ECI Grievance Clerk; SANDRA BOWIE, Chief, Branch Grievance; J. GLENN ALEWINE; PRAVIN R. PATEL, Defendants Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort. Patrick Michael Duffy, Senior District Judge. (9:06-cv-02011-PMD) Submitted: November 30, 2010 Decided: December 17, 2010 Before NIEMEYER and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Richard E. Blackburn, Appellant Pro Se. Bradford Cary Andrews, Samuel F. Arthur, III, AIKEN, BRIDGES, NUNN, ELLIOTT & TYLER, PA, Florence, South Carolina; Benjamin Albert Baroody, BELLAMY, RUTENBURG, COPELAND, EPPS, GRAVELY & BOWERS, PA, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Richard order adopting in E. Blackburn part the appeals the recommendation district of judge and denying relief on his civil action. the record and find no reversible error. the court s magistrate We have reviewed Accordingly, we deny Blackburn s motion for appointment of counsel and affirm for the reasons stated Carolina, No. dispense with by the district 9:06-cv-02011-PMD oral argument court. (D.S.C. because Blackburn Mar. the v. 11, 2009). facts and South We 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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