Steven Goynes v. Joel Cavazos, No. 14-1556 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1556 STEVEN A. GOYNES, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. JOEL CAVAZOS, Police Officer (in his individual and official capacity); TIMOTHY SANTOS, Police Officer (in his individual and official capacity); THE CITY OF NORFOLK, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Arenda L. Wright Allen, District Judge. (2:13-cv-00542-AWA-LRL) Submitted: October 16, 2014 Decided: October 20, 2014 Before MOTZ, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Steven A. Goynes, Appellant Pro Se. Melvin Wayne Ringer, CITY ATTORNEY S OFFICE, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Steven A. Goynes appeals the district court s order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint. have reviewed the record and find no reversible We error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Goynes v. Cavazos, No. 2:13-cv-00542-AWA-LRL (E.D. Va. May 8, 2014). facts and materials legal before We dispense with oral argument because the contentions are adequately this and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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