Kevin Smith v. Jonathan Ozmint, No. 09-6680 (4th Cir. 2009)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-6680 KEVIN SMITH, a/k/a Royal Blackness, a/k/a Bar None, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. JON E. OZMINT; ROBERT E. WARD; JAMES E. SLIGH, JR.; JOHN LUNDEN; DAVID TATARSKI; BERNARD MCKIE; VAUGHN JACKSON; GARY LANE; CHARLES AMAKER; J. PECK; GLENN ALEWINE; WILLIAM LITRELL; NED COOPER; BRENT A. MILLS; LARRY KONG, of American Amenities, Incorporated in their official and individual capacity; AMERICAN AMENITIES INCORPORATED, Defendants Appellees, and ESTHER QUATTLEBAUM; DENNIS DUNLAP; J. C. BROWN; ROBERT ESPISITO; H. BOATMAN; VERONICA SMITH; DENISE CANNARELLA; BRETT, R.N.; AEDEC INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED; MCMASTER; JOHN DOE, Defendants. No. 09-7540 KEVIN SMITH, a/k/a Royal Blackness, a/k/a Bar None, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. JON OZMINT; ROBERT E. WARD; JAMES E. SLIGH, JR.; JOHN LUNDEN; DAVID TATARSKI; BERNARD MCKIE; VAUGHN JACKSON; GARY LANE; CHARLES AMAKER; J. PECK; GLENN ALEWINE; WILLIAM LITRELL; NED COOPER; H. BOATMAN; LARRY KONG, of American Amenities, Incorporated, in their official and individual capacity; AMERICAN AMENITIES, INCORPORATED, Defendants Appellees, and AEDEC INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED; JOHN DOE; DENNIS DUNLAP; J. C. BROWN; ROBERT ESPISITO; DENISE CANNARELLA; BRETT, R.N., BRENT A. MILLS; HENRY MCMASTER, Defendants. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (9:07-cv-03644-PMD) Submitted: November 24, 2009 Decided: December 14, 2009 Before MOTZ, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kevin Smith, Appellant Pro Se. William Henry Davidson, II, Matthew Blaine Rosbrugh, DAVIDSON & LINDEMANN, PA, Columbia, South Carolina; Vinton D. Lide, Michael Stephen Pauley, LIDE & PAULEY, LLC, Lexington, South Carolina; Christopher R. Antley, DEVLIN & PARKINSON, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: In these consolidated appeals, Kevin Smith, a/k/a Bar None Royal accepting Blackness, the appeals recommendations the of district the court s magistrate orders judge and dismissing two Defendants because the Defendants were not state actors and granting summary judgment to the remaining Defendants and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint. reviewed the record and find no reversible error. We have Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Smith v. Ozmint, No. 9:07-cv-03644-PMD (D.S.C. Mar. 12, 2009; July 23, 2009). facts and materials legal before We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately the and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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