Thomas Waters v. John Stewart, No. 19-6251 (4th Cir. 2019)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-6251 THOMAS BRADFORD WATERS, a/k/a Thomas Waters, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. JOHN STEWART, Lake City Police Department; MARK STRICKLAND, Lake City Police Department; SERGEANT ANTHONY BACKHUSS, Lake City Police Department; JODY COOPER, Lake City Police Department, Defendants - Appellees, And A.T.F. AGENT ALAN C. TOWNSEND; JOHN DOE, #1, Florence County E.M.S. Worker; JOHN DOE, #2, Florence County E.M.S. Worker, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, Chief District Judge. (4:15-cv-04143-RBH-TER) Submitted: August 22, 2019 Decided: August 26, 2019 Before KING and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Thomas Bradford Waters, Appellant Pro Se. Lisa Arlene Thomas, THOMPSON & HENRY, PA, Conway, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Thomas Bradford Waters appeals the district court’s orders accepting the recommendations of the magistrate judge and granting Defendants summary judgment in Waters’ 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) action. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Waters v. Stewart, No. 4:15-cv-04143-RBH-TER (D.S.C. Sept. 24, 2018; Dec. 20, 2018; Mar. 13, 2019). We grant Waters’ motion to amend his informal brief, but deny his motion for the appointment of counsel. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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