Marcus Watts v. William Byars, No. 13-7480 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-7480 MARCUS LEEOTIS WATTS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. WILLIAM R. BYARS, Agency Director; STEVEN J. RECK, Food Services Administrator; WILLIE F. SMITH, Institutional Food Service Coordinator; MARCIA FULLER, Dietitian Head Nutritionist; WAYNE C. MCCABE, Warden Lieber Corr. Inst., Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (6:12-cv-01867-JFA) Submitted: January 21, 2014 Decided: January 24, 2014 Before MOTZ, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Marcus Leeotis Watts, Appellant Pro Se. Eugene P. Corrigan, III, Penn Wickenberg Ely, CORRIGAN & CHANDLER, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina; Harry V. Ragsdale, ADVANCED AMERICA CASH CASH ADVANCE CENTERS INC., Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Marcus Leeotis Watts appeals the district court s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and granting summary judgment to the Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) action. reversible error. We have reviewed the record and find no Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Watts v. Byars, No. 6:12-cv-01867- JFA (D.S.C. Sept. 3, 2013). of counsel. We deny the motion for appointment 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 2

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