James Spencer v. Ancil Garvin, III, No. 14-1666 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1666 JAMES SPENCER, Plaintiff – Appellant, and RODNEY KEITH LAIL; INCORPORATED; RICKY HOLT, IRENE SANTACROCE; SOUTHERN HOLDINGS, STEPHENS; MARGUERITE STEPHENS; DORIS Plaintiffs, v. ANCIL B. GARVIN, III; DAVID SMITH; HORRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA; HORRY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT; JAMES ALBERT ALLEN, JR.; SIDNEY RICK THOMPSON; JEFFREY S. CALDWELL; CHARLES MCCLENDON; JAY BRANTLY; ANDY CHRISTENSEN; HAROLD STEVEN HARTNESS; MICHAEL STEVEN HARTNESS, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge. (4:02-cv-01859-RBH) Submitted: November 20, 2014 Decided: November 24, 2014 Before KING and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. James Spencer, Appellant Pro Se. David Smith, Greensboro, North Carolina; Andrew Lindemann, DAVIDSON & LINDEMANN, PA, Columbia, South Carolina; Harold Steven Hartness, Charlotte, North Carolina; Michael Steven Hartness, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: James Spencer appeals the district court’s orders denying Spencer’s latest motions for recusal of the district court judge and for a “declatory judgment” vacating the judgment on the settlement agreement in this case. record and find no reversible error. We have reviewed the Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Spencer v. Garvin, No. 4:02-cv-01859-RBH (D.S.C. June 11 & 18, 2014). 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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