Issac Patterson v. Harold Clark, No. 15-6572 (4th Cir. 2015)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-6572 ISSAC D. PATTERSON, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. HAROLD CLARK, Director Virginia/D.O.C.; BRYAN WATSON, Warden; JERRY TOWNSEND, Assistant Warden; ELIZA S. WILLIS, Institutional Program Manager, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District Judge. (2:12-cv-00006-RAJ-DEM) Submitted: October 29, 2015 Decided: November 24, 2015 Before MOTZ, AGEE, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Issac D. Patterson, Appellant Pro Se. James Milburn Isaacs, Jr., OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Issac D. Patterson appeals the district court’s order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing Patterson’s complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012). have reviewed Patterson the claims record that and defendants find are no reversible responsible for We error. placing false information in his file, which the Virginia Parole Board relied on to deny him parole. false, “where the denial Even if that information was of parole . . . rests on one constitutionally valid ground, the Board’s consideration of an allegedly right.” 1986). invalid ground would not violate a constitutional Bloodgood v. Garraghty, 783 F.2d 470, 475 (4th Cir. Here, in addition to the allegedly false information, the Board provided several other constitutionally valid grounds for denying parole. 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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