Harold Thornton v. Terry O'Brien, No. 13-7539 (4th Cir. 2013)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-7539 HAROLD JEROME THORNTON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. TERRY O BRIEN, Warden; BRINSON, Lieutenant, Agent formerly known as Brenson; J. SQUIRES, Officer, Agent formerly known as John Doe #1; A. CRAWFORD, Counselor, Agent formerly known as John Doe #2, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., Senior District Judge. (5:12-cv-00074-FPS-JSK) Submitted: December 19, 2013 Decided: December 24, 2013 Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Harold Jerome Thornton, Appellant Pro Se. Jarod James Douglas, Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Harold Jerome Thornton appeals the district court s order adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his complaint filed pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. (N.D.W. Va. appoint counsel facts and materials Thornton v. O Brien, No. 5:12-cv-00074-FPS-JSK Aug. legal before 21, and 2013). We deny Thornton s dispense with oral argument contentions are adequately this and argument court motion because presented would not to the in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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