Billy Tedder v. Sergeant Johnson, No. 14-6622 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-6622 BILLY TEDDER, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. SERGEANT JOHNSON, Defendant Appellee, and MARGRETT BELL, Associate Warden of Security; WARDEN ANTHONY PADULA; DIRECTOR JOHN OZMINT, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. J. Michelle Childs, District Judge. (8:09-cv-03067-JMC) Submitted: September 16, 2014 Decided: September 29, 2014 Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, WYNN, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Billy Joe Tedder, Appellant Pro Se. Walker Heinitsh Willcox, WILLCOX BUYCK & WILLIAMS, PA, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Billy Joe Tedder appeals the district court s judgment entered after a jury found for the defendant on Tedder s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) complaint in which he alleged excessive force. error. We have reviewed the record Accordingly, we affirm. preparation of motion appointment for a transcript of and find no reversible We deny Tedder s motion for the at government counsel. We expense, dispense and with his 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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