Gregory Mercer v. Fairfax County CPS, No. 16-1138 (4th Cir. 2017)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-1138 GREGORY SHAWN MERCER, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. FAIRFAX COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, (FCCPS); FAIRFAX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CODE COMPLIANCE, (FCDCC); ELIZABETH PERRY, FCDCC Supervisor On 3/5/14; JACK BLAIR, FCDCC Employee On 3/5/14; LATYCIA TANKS, FCDCC Employee On 3/5/14; KERRY S. ALLANDER, Virginia State Police Supervisor On 6/9/06; KENNETH S. HOUTZ, Virginia State Trooper On 6/9/06; KATHLEEN H. MACKAY, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge On 6/22/07; ELIZABETH A. MCCLANANHAN, Court Of Appels Of VA Judge On 2/18/09; LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, Supreme Court Of Virginia Judge On 9/22/09; DONALD W. LEMON, Supreme Court Of Virginia Judge On 9/22/09; LEROY F. MILLETTE, Supreme Court Of Virginia Judge On 9/22/09; S. BERNARD GOODWYN, Supreme Court Of Virginia Judge On 9/22/09; ALECIA WASKLEWICZ, FCCPS Supervisor On 3/6/14; FAIRFAX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, (FCBoS); SHARON BULOVA, Chairman Of Fairfax County Board Of Supervisors, Defendants – Appellees, and ALICIA WASKLEWICS, FCCPS Supervisor On 3/6/14; TANYA E. POWERS, FCCPS Social Worker On 3/6/14; WALTER S. FELTON, JR., Court Of Appeals Of Virginia Judge On 2/18/09; LARRY G. ELDER, Court Of Appeals Of Virginia Judge On 2/18/09; LEROY R. HASSELL, SR., Deceased Supreme Court Of Virginia Judge, 2/9/11; BARBARA M. KEENAN, Supreme Court Of Virginia Judge On 9/22/09; CYNTHIA D. KINSER, Supreme Court Of Virginia Judge On 9/22/09, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Liam O’Grady, District Judge. (1:15-cv-00302-LO-TCB) Submitted: January 6, 2017 Before SHEDD and Circuit Judge. DUNCAN, Decided: Circuit Judges, January 24, 2017 and DAVIS, Senior Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Gregory Shawn Mercer, Appellant Pro Se. Sara Grossman Silverman, Assistant County Attorney, Fairfax, Virginia; Mark Rankin Herring, Attorney General, Christian Arrowsmith Parrish, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia; Rhodes Beahm Ritenour, Deputy Attorney General, Liza Shawn Simmons, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Gregory Shawn Mercer appeals the district court’s orders dismissing this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) action and denying his motion for reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and find Accordingly, no reversible error. reasons stated by the district court. Child Protective Servs., No. we affirm for the Mercer v. Fairfax Cnty. 1:15-cv-00302-LO-TCB Aug. 25 & Dec. 17, 2015; Feb. 11, 2016). (E.D. Va. The motions to compel, for a subpoena, to clarify, and to direct a state judge to verify a record’s existence are denied. We grant the motions to exceed the length limitations for the brief and to file amended and supplemental dispense with contentions are informal oral reply argument adequately briefs because presented in and the the amendments. facts We and legal materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3
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